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Chapter Fifteen: Trouble in the Past
Inuyasha was on the roof as he said, waiting for the two. Mei Lhi had brought the lunches, and some ramen in a thermos for Inuyasha. The three ate quickly, then the two girls went back downstairs to grab their school bags, finally reaching the roof again, then took off towards the shrine, with Kagome on Inuyasha's back, Mei Lhi carrying the school bags, they reached the shrine in a matter of minutes.
"Well, let's go!" Mei Lhi exclaimed.
"We can leave our school bags here. I have to get my backpack. You need your sword, don't you Mei Lhi?" Kagome said.
"Nope. I have Tetsusage right here...I've been carrying it all day...I've just been hiding it...I used the obi from that white kimono I got from Kaede-bachan and I used it as a strap, so it's fastened under my uniform shirt...lucky my hair is long...that's how I was able to hide it...and I have supplies with me...so we can leave right now...but first, I need to fix my hair...." Mei Lhi replied.
Then she shook her head vigorously, and her white dog ears poked out.
"Much better..."
The hanyou girl took out her sword and used the obi and secured the sword at her waist. Inuyasha took off his hat, then opened the sliding door to the well house. They walked inside and jumped into the well, traveling back to Feudal Japan.
***
Shippo was chasing a village child, when he felt three presences coming. The breeze drifted by, and the kitsune caught the scent of a human and two inuyoukai.
"Sango! Miroku! Kagome, Mei-chan, and Inuyasha are back!!!" Shippo yelled.
Before the houshi and taijiya could react, the kitsune had already taken off to the well.
***
Mei Lhi jumped out first, then Inuyasha and Kagome. A ball of fur was coming at the three at a great speed.
"It's Shippo-chan." Mei Lhi said at once.
Shippo leaped and jumped into Kagome's arms, almost knocking her back into the well. Inuyasha was able to catch her in time.
"KAGOMEEE!!! I missed you soooooo much!!!" Shippo said.
"I missed you too, Shippo-chan." Kagome replied warmly.
Shippo turned to Mei Lhi and leapt into her arms.
"Mei-chan! You're wearing clothes like Kagome's! What's Kagome's time like?" Shippo asked.
"I'm going to school with Kagome now. So I have to wear these clothes...and Kagome's time...it's...loud." Mei Lhi replied.
Sango and Miroku had finally caught up with Shippo, and were welcoming everyone back. Everyone asked for a tale of their adventure for the day so far.
Kagome checked her watch, and nearly screamed.
"Lunch hour is over in five minutes! We still have to go back to school!" She exclaimed in shock.
The girls rushed off to the well, Inuyasha following in silence, then the three returned to Kagome's time, grabbed their bags, and Mei Lhi threw Kagome onto her back, then ran off to the school.
"How come I'm not on Inuyasha's back?" Kagome asked.
"I run faster!" Mei Lhi replied.
Now Mei Lhi was taking to the air, and jumping lightposts and street signs. Inuyasha right next to them.
They reached the school, Mei Lhi hurriedly fixing her hair and hiding Tetsusage under her shirt and securing it with the obi. Inuyasha jumped onto the roof, Kagome being dragged up five flights of stairs, both reaching their classrooms and taking their seats just as the bell chimed.
'Phew...close one...' Mei Lhi thought, slumping in her chair.
As she sat there, she felt an odd feeling. Something wasn't right back in the Feudal Era.
***
Kagome sat down at her desk, feeling something strange. She brushed it off, and then returned her attention to her teacher.
"I was able to grade your tests during lunch hour, and I will read your grades now..."
Kagome's heart plummeted to her feet, her stomach twisted nervously. So far everyone had gotten a passing grade. Then, her teacher reached her name.
"Higurashi, Kagome got a eighty nine percent, B+."
'I got a B+?! But...I didn't even know what I was doing!' Kagome thought.
Hours ticked away so slowly...but finally, the final bell rang. Kagome put her books away, and met Mei Lhi outside in the hallway.
"Hi Mei-chan! How was your first day?" Kagome said smiling.
"It was so wonderful! I can't wait to tell Shippo-chan, Sango-chan, and Miroku!" Mei Lhi replied.
The two walked out to the courtyard, Inuyasha asleep on the roof.
"I'll get him..." Mei Lhi whispered.
She left her bag with Kagome on the ground and jumped onto the roof and stood next to the dog-eared boy, then gently prodded him awake with the tip of her finger.
"Onii-san...Onii-san...wake up..." She said softly.
His ears twitched, and it looked as if he had a slight smile on his face.
"Kagome..." He murmured, a definite smile crossing his face.
Mei Lhi's face flushed red, realizing what the hanyou boy was dreaming about.
'He likes Kagome-chan...alot...but of course, I knew that...but why am I so shocked? It's not like it's new to me...but still...it's...really, well, strange...My own brother liking one of my friends...' She thought.
She brushed it off and then continued to prod Inuyasha awake.
***
Inuyasha felt something or someone poking him. He opened one of his gold eyes a smidge and saw a blurry shape in a school uniform.
"Kagome..." He whispered, smiling.
"Onii-san! Wake UP!" A voice said sharply.
Inuyasha's eyes flew open and he jumped backwards, hitting the door that led downstairs from the roof. He rubbed the back of his head, then realizing who woke him, he did the thing he always did. Yelled.
"Mei Lhi! What the hell was that for?!! Damn it!" He yelled.
Mei Lhi gritted her teeth, showing her white fangs, then silently grabbed his arm and jumped down from the roof, landing on her feet. She released her grasp on his arm then walked back over to Kagome, taking her school bag, then still saying nothing, began to walk to the shrine.
***
Kagome glanced at Inuyasha curiously.
"Inuyasha...what did you do?" She asked.
"Nothing!" Inuyasha shouted.
"Inuyasha..."
"I didn't do anything!"
Kagome could hear the honesty in his voice and could see the sincerity in his gold eyes.
"Alright...I believe you...come, Inuyasha. Let's go home."
***
This certainly wasn't the answer Inuyasha had expected. He was afraid Kagome would 'sit' him until he made a sink hole in the ground. But instead she believed him. He shrugged it off, then left the school with Kagome at his side, Mei Lhi a few steps ahead.
***
Mei Lhi was walking when she had that odd feeling again. It was definitely coming from the Feudal Era. She uncovered her ears from under her hair, sensing something odd.
"Onii-san! Kagome-chan! Something's wrong back on the other side of the well!" She said suddenly.
She took off at a run, leaving Kagome and Inuyasha behind.
"Kagome, get on." Inuyasha said, crouching down.
Kagome nodded and hopped onto his back. Inuyasha took off, catching up with his sister, both of them reaching the well house. The girls left their bags at the door, then the three jumped in the well, in a flash of color, reached the Sengoku Jidai.
Chapter Fifteen: Trouble in the Past
Inuyasha was on the roof as he said, waiting for the two. Mei Lhi had brought the lunches, and some ramen in a thermos for Inuyasha. The three ate quickly, then the two girls went back downstairs to grab their school bags, finally reaching the roof again, then took off towards the shrine, with Kagome on Inuyasha's back, Mei Lhi carrying the school bags, they reached the shrine in a matter of minutes.
"Well, let's go!" Mei Lhi exclaimed.
"We can leave our school bags here. I have to get my backpack. You need your sword, don't you Mei Lhi?" Kagome said.
"Nope. I have Tetsusage right here...I've been carrying it all day...I've just been hiding it...I used the obi from that white kimono I got from Kaede-bachan and I used it as a strap, so it's fastened under my uniform shirt...lucky my hair is long...that's how I was able to hide it...and I have supplies with me...so we can leave right now...but first, I need to fix my hair...." Mei Lhi replied.
Then she shook her head vigorously, and her white dog ears poked out.
"Much better..."
The hanyou girl took out her sword and used the obi and secured the sword at her waist. Inuyasha took off his hat, then opened the sliding door to the well house. They walked inside and jumped into the well, traveling back to Feudal Japan.
***
Shippo was chasing a village child, when he felt three presences coming. The breeze drifted by, and the kitsune caught the scent of a human and two inuyoukai.
"Sango! Miroku! Kagome, Mei-chan, and Inuyasha are back!!!" Shippo yelled.
Before the houshi and taijiya could react, the kitsune had already taken off to the well.
***
Mei Lhi jumped out first, then Inuyasha and Kagome. A ball of fur was coming at the three at a great speed.
"It's Shippo-chan." Mei Lhi said at once.
Shippo leaped and jumped into Kagome's arms, almost knocking her back into the well. Inuyasha was able to catch her in time.
"KAGOMEEE!!! I missed you soooooo much!!!" Shippo said.
"I missed you too, Shippo-chan." Kagome replied warmly.
Shippo turned to Mei Lhi and leapt into her arms.
"Mei-chan! You're wearing clothes like Kagome's! What's Kagome's time like?" Shippo asked.
"I'm going to school with Kagome now. So I have to wear these clothes...and Kagome's time...it's...loud." Mei Lhi replied.
Sango and Miroku had finally caught up with Shippo, and were welcoming everyone back. Everyone asked for a tale of their adventure for the day so far.
Kagome checked her watch, and nearly screamed.
"Lunch hour is over in five minutes! We still have to go back to school!" She exclaimed in shock.
The girls rushed off to the well, Inuyasha following in silence, then the three returned to Kagome's time, grabbed their bags, and Mei Lhi threw Kagome onto her back, then ran off to the school.
"How come I'm not on Inuyasha's back?" Kagome asked.
"I run faster!" Mei Lhi replied.
Now Mei Lhi was taking to the air, and jumping lightposts and street signs. Inuyasha right next to them.
They reached the school, Mei Lhi hurriedly fixing her hair and hiding Tetsusage under her shirt and securing it with the obi. Inuyasha jumped onto the roof, Kagome being dragged up five flights of stairs, both reaching their classrooms and taking their seats just as the bell chimed.
'Phew...close one...' Mei Lhi thought, slumping in her chair.
As she sat there, she felt an odd feeling. Something wasn't right back in the Feudal Era.
***
Kagome sat down at her desk, feeling something strange. She brushed it off, and then returned her attention to her teacher.
"I was able to grade your tests during lunch hour, and I will read your grades now..."
Kagome's heart plummeted to her feet, her stomach twisted nervously. So far everyone had gotten a passing grade. Then, her teacher reached her name.
"Higurashi, Kagome got a eighty nine percent, B+."
'I got a B+?! But...I didn't even know what I was doing!' Kagome thought.
Hours ticked away so slowly...but finally, the final bell rang. Kagome put her books away, and met Mei Lhi outside in the hallway.
"Hi Mei-chan! How was your first day?" Kagome said smiling.
"It was so wonderful! I can't wait to tell Shippo-chan, Sango-chan, and Miroku!" Mei Lhi replied.
The two walked out to the courtyard, Inuyasha asleep on the roof.
"I'll get him..." Mei Lhi whispered.
She left her bag with Kagome on the ground and jumped onto the roof and stood next to the dog-eared boy, then gently prodded him awake with the tip of her finger.
"Onii-san...Onii-san...wake up..." She said softly.
His ears twitched, and it looked as if he had a slight smile on his face.
"Kagome..." He murmured, a definite smile crossing his face.
Mei Lhi's face flushed red, realizing what the hanyou boy was dreaming about.
'He likes Kagome-chan...alot...but of course, I knew that...but why am I so shocked? It's not like it's new to me...but still...it's...really, well, strange...My own brother liking one of my friends...' She thought.
She brushed it off and then continued to prod Inuyasha awake.
***
Inuyasha felt something or someone poking him. He opened one of his gold eyes a smidge and saw a blurry shape in a school uniform.
"Kagome..." He whispered, smiling.
"Onii-san! Wake UP!" A voice said sharply.
Inuyasha's eyes flew open and he jumped backwards, hitting the door that led downstairs from the roof. He rubbed the back of his head, then realizing who woke him, he did the thing he always did. Yelled.
"Mei Lhi! What the hell was that for?!! Damn it!" He yelled.
Mei Lhi gritted her teeth, showing her white fangs, then silently grabbed his arm and jumped down from the roof, landing on her feet. She released her grasp on his arm then walked back over to Kagome, taking her school bag, then still saying nothing, began to walk to the shrine.
***
Kagome glanced at Inuyasha curiously.
"Inuyasha...what did you do?" She asked.
"Nothing!" Inuyasha shouted.
"Inuyasha..."
"I didn't do anything!"
Kagome could hear the honesty in his voice and could see the sincerity in his gold eyes.
"Alright...I believe you...come, Inuyasha. Let's go home."
***
This certainly wasn't the answer Inuyasha had expected. He was afraid Kagome would 'sit' him until he made a sink hole in the ground. But instead she believed him. He shrugged it off, then left the school with Kagome at his side, Mei Lhi a few steps ahead.
***
Mei Lhi was walking when she had that odd feeling again. It was definitely coming from the Feudal Era. She uncovered her ears from under her hair, sensing something odd.
"Onii-san! Kagome-chan! Something's wrong back on the other side of the well!" She said suddenly.
She took off at a run, leaving Kagome and Inuyasha behind.
"Kagome, get on." Inuyasha said, crouching down.
Kagome nodded and hopped onto his back. Inuyasha took off, catching up with his sister, both of them reaching the well house. The girls left their bags at the door, then the three jumped in the well, in a flash of color, reached the Sengoku Jidai.