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Chapter Twelve: Understandings and Yet Another Meeting
The group returned to the village and went inside Kaede's hut, taking their usual places in the room.
"Kagome, you said you'd tell me about 'your time' later...it's later now..." Mei Lhi said.
"Oh yes. I'm from about five hundred years in the future. My time and the time here are linked by a well. So I can travel back and forth through time. Inuyasha can too." Kagome explained.
"That's very interesting...so where's the well? I'd like to try to see if I can go to your time."
"It's in Inuyasha Forest...well um, it was known as that while Inuyasha was sealed and stuck on the God Tree, but since he's been freed, it's not very much of a suitable name now..."
"Heh...Onii-san got a forest named after him!"
"And that's how we met. I broke his seal."
"What a nice story..."
Mei Lhi's stomach gave an audible growl.
"Oh so hungry..."
Kagome smiled then opened her pack and pulled out about eight packages of ramen. Inuyasha's eyes lit up upon seeing the flashy colored plastic wrapper. Shippo glanced over and his bright blue eyes shined with excitement.
"What's that?" Mei Lhi wondered, goggling at the packages.
"If you're anything like Inuyasha, then you'll like this..." Kagome said.
She got a pot of boiling water going and opened four of the packages and put the noodles in, then letting it cook for a few minutes, adding the flavor packets, then getting out bowls to serve them all. She set a bowl and chopsticks in front of everyone, Inuyasha and Shippo scarfing down their food as usual. Mei Lhi prodded at the contents of the bowl uncertainly, then ate a small piece of a noodle.
"This is good..." She said brightly.
And for the first time, she ate with manners horrible enough to compare with Inuyasha's.
While everyone ate, Kagome cooked more ramen, and served Inuyasha and Shippo seconds, finally serving herself.
At last everyone could no longer eat anymore, and everyone left the hut which was now uncomfortably hot. They lounged about outside, Mei Lhi and Inuyasha sitting in trees. Kagome sitting by the roots of the tree that Inuyasha was in. She pulled out her math book from her bag, and started reading.
Mei Lhi jumped over to Inuyasha's tree and down to the ground next to Kagome.
"What're you doing?" Mei Lhi asked.
"I'm studying. In my time we have to go to school and learn things that will help us in our future. I have a math test coming up, and I really need to learn this...it's a really important test and I'll have to go back home sometime this week." Kagome explained.
"Another test?! What's so damn important about them anyway?! Can't those people see you've got better things to do?! Like find the Shikon shards before Naraku can complete the jewel!" Inuyasha cut in.
"Well it's not like I like taking them! I have to take them! I don't exactly think my teachers would excuse me from my work if I told them I was running around in the Sengoku Jidai fighting demons and Naraku!" Kagome said angrily.
"You spend more time there than here! When ever you leave, something bad always happens and we could've used your help!"
"I spend more time with my family and at school?! I've missed over HALF the school year! I spend so much time here sometimes I almost forget what my home looks like!"
"You can't leave! You're staying here! We need to get those shards!"
"Inuyasha, OSUWARI!!!!!!!!!"
Inuyasha fell out of the tree and onto his face with a loud crash.
"I wonder why I didn't get dragged along with him..." Mei Lhi wondered aloud. "Must be because she addressed Onii-san specifically...so if it works like that, then if she says my name and the word, then I'll be affected. But if she says Onii-san's name like she did just now, only he'll be affected. And if she doesn't say anyone's name, it affects us both...that must be it..."
Kagome slammed her book shut with a snap and stuffed it into her bag, then half walked, half ran to the well. Mei Lhi followed.
"Kagome, where are you going?"
"Home. To my time."
"May I come?"
"Sure. I guess..."
It was astounding how quickly Kagome's mood changed. She changed moods faster than she changed her socks! The hanyou girl followed Kagome to the Bone Eater's Well, where they both jumped in.
They reached the other side, five hundred years into the future. They climbed out of the well, and Mei Lhi's gold eyes took in the entire new area.
"So this is exactly where we were, five hundred years into the future?" Mei Lhi asked.
Kagome nodded.
They walked out of the small room that the well was in and entered Kagome's home.
"Nee-chan!" Souta cried.
"Souta!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Inu nii-chan!" Souta said suddenly.
"Uh...you got that wrong...I'd be Inu nee-chan." Mei Lhi corrected.
"Nee-chan, who's that?" Souta asked.
"That's Mei Lhi. She's Inuyasha's Imouto-chan." Kagome answered.
"Oh...I didn't know Inuyasha had a sister." Souta said.
"Well we only met recently. But she's very nice."
"You know...I've been thinking...I'd like to go to this -what was it called?- Oh yeah, school. It sounds interesting..."
"Did you hit your head getting out of the well? Why in the hell would you want to go to school? You'd have to leave and take tests, and then Kagome's jijii would have to make up excuses for you too." Inuyasha's voice sounded behind them.
The 'sit' had obviously worn off and he had jumped through the well.
"Onii-san! Don't call Kagome's grandfather so rudely!" Mei Lhi exclaimed.
"Keh." Inuyasha scoffed, turning around walking away, headed for the God Tree.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome said as sweetly and innocently as possible.
Inuyasha slowly turned around, seeing Kagome's expression, subconsciously backing away.
"W-what?"
"Osuwari."
"GAUGHHHH!!"
Inuyasha fell face first into the grass, receiving a mouthful of dirt in the process.
"You...wench..." He sputtered, spitting out the bits of earth in his mouth.
"Inuyasha!" Mei Lhi shouted warningly. "Apologize! Now!"
"Feh...make...me."
Mei Lhi walked over and pulled him to his feet by firmly grabbing one of his forelocks.
"Apologize to Kagome-chan, right now...or else..." Mei Lhi said in his ear with a low growl.
"Or else what? You'll mimic my attacks that you stole from me and use them on me?" Inuyasha teased.
"No. It'll be much worse...because I'll use an attack you haven't seen yet...and you'll be sure not to forget it!"
Inuyasha snorted, then laughed.
"Like I care! You haven't even seen Tetsusaiga's ultimate attack!" He said.
"You want bet on that?"
"Yeah."
The two ran at each other.
"Sankon..."
"Tetsusuo!"
"OSUWARI!" Kagome screamed.
Both hanyous fell onto the ground.
"Damn you..." Mei Lhi muttered.
Chapter Twelve: Understandings and Yet Another Meeting
The group returned to the village and went inside Kaede's hut, taking their usual places in the room.
"Kagome, you said you'd tell me about 'your time' later...it's later now..." Mei Lhi said.
"Oh yes. I'm from about five hundred years in the future. My time and the time here are linked by a well. So I can travel back and forth through time. Inuyasha can too." Kagome explained.
"That's very interesting...so where's the well? I'd like to try to see if I can go to your time."
"It's in Inuyasha Forest...well um, it was known as that while Inuyasha was sealed and stuck on the God Tree, but since he's been freed, it's not very much of a suitable name now..."
"Heh...Onii-san got a forest named after him!"
"And that's how we met. I broke his seal."
"What a nice story..."
Mei Lhi's stomach gave an audible growl.
"Oh so hungry..."
Kagome smiled then opened her pack and pulled out about eight packages of ramen. Inuyasha's eyes lit up upon seeing the flashy colored plastic wrapper. Shippo glanced over and his bright blue eyes shined with excitement.
"What's that?" Mei Lhi wondered, goggling at the packages.
"If you're anything like Inuyasha, then you'll like this..." Kagome said.
She got a pot of boiling water going and opened four of the packages and put the noodles in, then letting it cook for a few minutes, adding the flavor packets, then getting out bowls to serve them all. She set a bowl and chopsticks in front of everyone, Inuyasha and Shippo scarfing down their food as usual. Mei Lhi prodded at the contents of the bowl uncertainly, then ate a small piece of a noodle.
"This is good..." She said brightly.
And for the first time, she ate with manners horrible enough to compare with Inuyasha's.
While everyone ate, Kagome cooked more ramen, and served Inuyasha and Shippo seconds, finally serving herself.
At last everyone could no longer eat anymore, and everyone left the hut which was now uncomfortably hot. They lounged about outside, Mei Lhi and Inuyasha sitting in trees. Kagome sitting by the roots of the tree that Inuyasha was in. She pulled out her math book from her bag, and started reading.
Mei Lhi jumped over to Inuyasha's tree and down to the ground next to Kagome.
"What're you doing?" Mei Lhi asked.
"I'm studying. In my time we have to go to school and learn things that will help us in our future. I have a math test coming up, and I really need to learn this...it's a really important test and I'll have to go back home sometime this week." Kagome explained.
"Another test?! What's so damn important about them anyway?! Can't those people see you've got better things to do?! Like find the Shikon shards before Naraku can complete the jewel!" Inuyasha cut in.
"Well it's not like I like taking them! I have to take them! I don't exactly think my teachers would excuse me from my work if I told them I was running around in the Sengoku Jidai fighting demons and Naraku!" Kagome said angrily.
"You spend more time there than here! When ever you leave, something bad always happens and we could've used your help!"
"I spend more time with my family and at school?! I've missed over HALF the school year! I spend so much time here sometimes I almost forget what my home looks like!"
"You can't leave! You're staying here! We need to get those shards!"
"Inuyasha, OSUWARI!!!!!!!!!"
Inuyasha fell out of the tree and onto his face with a loud crash.
"I wonder why I didn't get dragged along with him..." Mei Lhi wondered aloud. "Must be because she addressed Onii-san specifically...so if it works like that, then if she says my name and the word, then I'll be affected. But if she says Onii-san's name like she did just now, only he'll be affected. And if she doesn't say anyone's name, it affects us both...that must be it..."
Kagome slammed her book shut with a snap and stuffed it into her bag, then half walked, half ran to the well. Mei Lhi followed.
"Kagome, where are you going?"
"Home. To my time."
"May I come?"
"Sure. I guess..."
It was astounding how quickly Kagome's mood changed. She changed moods faster than she changed her socks! The hanyou girl followed Kagome to the Bone Eater's Well, where they both jumped in.
They reached the other side, five hundred years into the future. They climbed out of the well, and Mei Lhi's gold eyes took in the entire new area.
"So this is exactly where we were, five hundred years into the future?" Mei Lhi asked.
Kagome nodded.
They walked out of the small room that the well was in and entered Kagome's home.
"Nee-chan!" Souta cried.
"Souta!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Inu nii-chan!" Souta said suddenly.
"Uh...you got that wrong...I'd be Inu nee-chan." Mei Lhi corrected.
"Nee-chan, who's that?" Souta asked.
"That's Mei Lhi. She's Inuyasha's Imouto-chan." Kagome answered.
"Oh...I didn't know Inuyasha had a sister." Souta said.
"Well we only met recently. But she's very nice."
"You know...I've been thinking...I'd like to go to this -what was it called?- Oh yeah, school. It sounds interesting..."
"Did you hit your head getting out of the well? Why in the hell would you want to go to school? You'd have to leave and take tests, and then Kagome's jijii would have to make up excuses for you too." Inuyasha's voice sounded behind them.
The 'sit' had obviously worn off and he had jumped through the well.
"Onii-san! Don't call Kagome's grandfather so rudely!" Mei Lhi exclaimed.
"Keh." Inuyasha scoffed, turning around walking away, headed for the God Tree.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome said as sweetly and innocently as possible.
Inuyasha slowly turned around, seeing Kagome's expression, subconsciously backing away.
"W-what?"
"Osuwari."
"GAUGHHHH!!"
Inuyasha fell face first into the grass, receiving a mouthful of dirt in the process.
"You...wench..." He sputtered, spitting out the bits of earth in his mouth.
"Inuyasha!" Mei Lhi shouted warningly. "Apologize! Now!"
"Feh...make...me."
Mei Lhi walked over and pulled him to his feet by firmly grabbing one of his forelocks.
"Apologize to Kagome-chan, right now...or else..." Mei Lhi said in his ear with a low growl.
"Or else what? You'll mimic my attacks that you stole from me and use them on me?" Inuyasha teased.
"No. It'll be much worse...because I'll use an attack you haven't seen yet...and you'll be sure not to forget it!"
Inuyasha snorted, then laughed.
"Like I care! You haven't even seen Tetsusaiga's ultimate attack!" He said.
"You want bet on that?"
"Yeah."
The two ran at each other.
"Sankon..."
"Tetsusuo!"
"OSUWARI!" Kagome screamed.
Both hanyous fell onto the ground.
"Damn you..." Mei Lhi muttered.