Chapter 5
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"Kagome, child, can you pass me those herbs?" Kaede asked as she mixed something that was in a pot.
"Sure!" Kagome responded as she handed her the herbs. 'I wonder if they were able to get through.'
"Kagome, not these herbs the other ones." Kaede said as she gave back the herbs.
"Why can't you use these?" Kagome asked politely with curiosity in her voice.
"I can, but only if you want Inuyasha and the others to go to the bathroom."
"Eh.." Kagome said as she handed her the other herbs. 'But Botan said 'Yusuke and the others...' Who are the others?'
{change of scenery: Path from well to Kaede's Hut}
"Are we there yet? We've been walking forever!" Kuwabara complained.
"You're really whiny, you know, this is a really short walk compared to when we traveled the country. Does he always complain this much?" Shippo said.
"Yes. Just ignore him." Hiei said.
"Hey! Watch it shorty!"
"Ah! Sango!" Shippo said as he ran up to a girl who was walking on the other path.
"Shippo, who are these people?"
"I don't really know. They say they're Kagome's friends."
"That's Yusuke, Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara." said the girl that was accompanying Sango.
"Who are you?"
"You're so cute." the girl said as she picked him up and hugged him.
"Botan?" Kurama said. "When did you get here."
"A little while ago." she said as she put Shippo down. "Koenma-sama gave me the regulation that we must follow while we are here."
"No one said that there would be rules to follow." Yusuke said "We'll do our job. That's it. Who cares if we don't do it the proper way."
"But..There'll be consequences." Botan said, but seeing the stubborn look on Yusuke's face she gave up.
"Let's at least hear the rules." Kurama said.
"Don't you want to see Kagome?" Sango asked bring every one to realize that she was still there.
"Why hello there! I believe that I haven't formally introduced myself. I am the great Kazuma Kuwabara! I'm the toughest kid in Sagarashiki Jr. High....." Kuwabara said then continued babbling about himself.
"What about Yu...." Botan started. 'Remind the Baka of Yukina and you die.' Hiei said telepathically to her, while glaring daggers. "Uh...Yu..Yusuke. Isn't he the toughest kid in Sagarashiki Jr. High." she said nervously.
"BOTAN!" Kuwabara said angry, embarrassed, and hurt.
"Uh..Sorry Kuwa-chan."
By this time Sango had managed to move away from Kuwabara and whispered to Botan "What with this guy."
"Oh, he's always like that." she said happily.
{change of scenery: Kaede's Hut}
'I wonder where everyone went.' Kagome thought as she walked out of the hut. She spotted Sango ahead with a group of people. 'Who are...' "Ah!...Botan-chan!" she said as she spotted a girl with blue hair.
"Uh..Kagome-chan!" Botan said as she greeted her with a hug.
"Botan, who are all these people." she said as she looked around. All of a sudden she screamed.
Inuyasha who had been sleeping in a tree at the time fell at this point, with a 'thud' on to the ground. 'Kagome!' He thought.
"Inuyasha, we'd better go and make sure everything is all right." Miroku said as he got up from his spot under the tree. And with that they left to the place where Kagome was, but when they got there what they saw was Kagome talking excitedly with a guy.
"You're Suiichi Minamino." Kagome said to a person with red hair in a pink outfit.
"Uh...Yes." the person said with everyone else looking at him.
"Kagome, what the heck's going on here? And why did you scream?" Inuyasha demanded as he walked up to the group. "And who are these people?"
Miroku, by this time, had spotted Botan and made his way over to her. "I am Miroku. And who might you be?" he asked extra politely.
"Botan."
"Botan! What a beautiful name. Botan may I ask a favor from you." Miroku asked sadly.
'Not this again.' Sango though as she prepared to hit him.
"Sure." Botan responded in her normally cheerful voice.
"Will you bare my child?"
Botan, not expecting this, blushed out of frustration, while materializing her oar. She swung hard at him, before Sango could get there. "What type of question was that!?! You don't just go around asking that." she said. Yusuke and Kuwabara laughed while the people that knew Miroku best sighed.
"Where did you get that?" Sango asked wanting one too, so she could hit Miroku when he was out of order.
"It comes with the job." She replied.
Miroku woke up with a big bump on his head and stars in his eyes. But then he saw a person with red hair and in a pink outfit and rush over forgetting all about his injuries. He bowed deeply and asked his infamous question. Everyone gasped.
"Miroku, that's Suiichi Minamino, a guy, he's the smartest student at Meiou High School." Kagome said then drastically turned to Kurama. "I can't believe I met you. My friends are never going to believe it. Minamino-san..." she said sweetly. "Can you give me studying tips. Finals are coming up and I'm failing everything." she added saying the last part sadly.
"Ugh...uh...why not." Kurama said politely.
"Uh..." Kagome said noticing something. "...You're a demon. And so are you." she said looking from Kurama to Hiei. She looked at Yusuke. "And you're a half demon."
"WHA.... If you think you're going to steal the jewel shards from us you have another thing coming." Inuyasha said while preparing to take out Tetsusaiga.
"Inuyasha, sit boy." Kagome calmly, while he fell to the ground. Yusuke and company laughed at this. Kagome kneeled down close to Inuyasha and said. "Sorry, but I don't feel any malice coming from them. And before you kill them I think you should hear them out." she said.
"Feh.." Inuyasha said as he got up. "You got 10 minutes to tell me what you want. And I'll decide if it's important."
"Oh how soon we forget!" Botan said appearing next to Inuyasha. "We're here to help you."
"Hn....We is too many people." Hiei said. "You and the Baka over there don't do anything except get in our way."
"Hey!!" Kuwabara said but no one was paying attention to him.
"Hmm!! Sticks and stones..." Botan said.
"Whatever! You can't help, just go back home. I don't need weaklings hanging around." Inuyasha said.
At this Hiei was visible angered. He un-sheathed his katana and said. "You want to say that again?"
Inuyasha also un-sheathed his sword and said. "Bring it on. You little brat."
"Look who's talking." Hiei said then charged.
Out of no where a blue light appeared. Hiei quickly noticed and dogged it. Inuyasha on the other hand only saw it when Hiei had moved out of the way. He picked up Tetsusaiga and when the blue light hit, it ricocheted off, causing the sword to transform back into it's rusty looking form. Inuyasha looked for the source of light and was surprised to find it was the boy in green.
"Next time I won't miss." he said. "If he doesn't want our help, fine, we tried. Let's just back home."
"One problem with that, Yusuke," Botan said as she took out a little book from her kimono.
"What?"
"The well is sealed." She said as she flipped threw the pages of the book.
"WHAT!?!" was everyone's response.
"It can't be sealed." Kagome said sadly.
"Kagome-chan it's not sealed from you." Botan said. "It's sealed from us." she gestured to Yusuke and company. "And if you would have let me read the rules first you would have known." she added then put the book away.
"Well, we are listening now what are the rules?" Kurama asked calmly.
"Well, number one is that we can't go back until you've defeated Naraku. Because Koenma-sama, himself, had to specially open it and if he left it open, anyone one either side could just go through. And the others are simple things like don't tell people here about the future. There are other rules also but those only apply to Kurama and myself." Every looked at her with the question Why? On their face. "We were alive, so to speak, during this time."
"Kurama...Kurama..." Shippo said thinking aloud.
"What wrong Shippo?" Kagome asked concerned.
"I've heard that name before..." Shippo said. Kurama tensed up at this could it be that this little fox knew about Youko. "But where...." Kurama relaxed at this.
"When you said 'alive, so to speak' what do you mean." Sango asked. (Miroku was still in shock from asking a guy to bare his child.)
"Well, I started my job around this time. Koenma-sama, was working to replace the little demons that used to take people to the after life because it was either you were good or bad and no in-between . They didn't look deep into the soul to see where you truly belonged and that was causing problems. Bad people ended up in heaven and the good in hell at times. That's way the ferry girls were introduced, to give humans a better chance at the after life."
"What about the Tatari Mokke?" Kagome asked.
"It worked well for kids that behaved well but it couldn't solve special cases." Botan said.
"If you replaced the Tatari Mokke that must mean..." Miroku said, he had snapped out of his shock and joined the conversation.
"I'm the Grim Reaper!" Botan said happily as she sat on her oar.
"Still, she is beautiful, even if she is the messenger of death." Miroku said. Sango prepared to hit him but stopped when Shippo gasped and ran up to Kurama.
"Ah! I got it! You're the legendary fox bandit, Youko Kurama! My dad told me all about you!" Shippo said admiring Kurama.
"I thought you only worked in the demon world." Hiei said.
"I did." Kurama responded.
"Then how do you know about Kurama, Shippo-chan?" Botan asked the little fox.
"News among foxes travels quickly. Especially when it's as controversial as Youko Kurama, many fox families thought he was a legend, helping fox families gain more respect in the Youkai community. But there were others that said he was slandering the fox name by being a thief." Shippo said. "I can't believe I met you." he said much like Kagome had earlier.
(AN) Hi! What's up! Okay, PLEASE review. It would make me very, very happy. Just tell me anything, like what you want to happen or...anything! Okay. I'd like to thank Lil Shaman Girl for reviewing and as always my cousin. Til next chapter! Ja ne.
Disclaimer: Don't own anything!!!!
"Kagome, child, can you pass me those herbs?" Kaede asked as she mixed something that was in a pot.
"Sure!" Kagome responded as she handed her the herbs. 'I wonder if they were able to get through.'
"Kagome, not these herbs the other ones." Kaede said as she gave back the herbs.
"Why can't you use these?" Kagome asked politely with curiosity in her voice.
"I can, but only if you want Inuyasha and the others to go to the bathroom."
"Eh.." Kagome said as she handed her the other herbs. 'But Botan said 'Yusuke and the others...' Who are the others?'
{change of scenery: Path from well to Kaede's Hut}
"Are we there yet? We've been walking forever!" Kuwabara complained.
"You're really whiny, you know, this is a really short walk compared to when we traveled the country. Does he always complain this much?" Shippo said.
"Yes. Just ignore him." Hiei said.
"Hey! Watch it shorty!"
"Ah! Sango!" Shippo said as he ran up to a girl who was walking on the other path.
"Shippo, who are these people?"
"I don't really know. They say they're Kagome's friends."
"That's Yusuke, Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara." said the girl that was accompanying Sango.
"Who are you?"
"You're so cute." the girl said as she picked him up and hugged him.
"Botan?" Kurama said. "When did you get here."
"A little while ago." she said as she put Shippo down. "Koenma-sama gave me the regulation that we must follow while we are here."
"No one said that there would be rules to follow." Yusuke said "We'll do our job. That's it. Who cares if we don't do it the proper way."
"But..There'll be consequences." Botan said, but seeing the stubborn look on Yusuke's face she gave up.
"Let's at least hear the rules." Kurama said.
"Don't you want to see Kagome?" Sango asked bring every one to realize that she was still there.
"Why hello there! I believe that I haven't formally introduced myself. I am the great Kazuma Kuwabara! I'm the toughest kid in Sagarashiki Jr. High....." Kuwabara said then continued babbling about himself.
"What about Yu...." Botan started. 'Remind the Baka of Yukina and you die.' Hiei said telepathically to her, while glaring daggers. "Uh...Yu..Yusuke. Isn't he the toughest kid in Sagarashiki Jr. High." she said nervously.
"BOTAN!" Kuwabara said angry, embarrassed, and hurt.
"Uh..Sorry Kuwa-chan."
By this time Sango had managed to move away from Kuwabara and whispered to Botan "What with this guy."
"Oh, he's always like that." she said happily.
{change of scenery: Kaede's Hut}
'I wonder where everyone went.' Kagome thought as she walked out of the hut. She spotted Sango ahead with a group of people. 'Who are...' "Ah!...Botan-chan!" she said as she spotted a girl with blue hair.
"Uh..Kagome-chan!" Botan said as she greeted her with a hug.
"Botan, who are all these people." she said as she looked around. All of a sudden she screamed.
Inuyasha who had been sleeping in a tree at the time fell at this point, with a 'thud' on to the ground. 'Kagome!' He thought.
"Inuyasha, we'd better go and make sure everything is all right." Miroku said as he got up from his spot under the tree. And with that they left to the place where Kagome was, but when they got there what they saw was Kagome talking excitedly with a guy.
"You're Suiichi Minamino." Kagome said to a person with red hair in a pink outfit.
"Uh...Yes." the person said with everyone else looking at him.
"Kagome, what the heck's going on here? And why did you scream?" Inuyasha demanded as he walked up to the group. "And who are these people?"
Miroku, by this time, had spotted Botan and made his way over to her. "I am Miroku. And who might you be?" he asked extra politely.
"Botan."
"Botan! What a beautiful name. Botan may I ask a favor from you." Miroku asked sadly.
'Not this again.' Sango though as she prepared to hit him.
"Sure." Botan responded in her normally cheerful voice.
"Will you bare my child?"
Botan, not expecting this, blushed out of frustration, while materializing her oar. She swung hard at him, before Sango could get there. "What type of question was that!?! You don't just go around asking that." she said. Yusuke and Kuwabara laughed while the people that knew Miroku best sighed.
"Where did you get that?" Sango asked wanting one too, so she could hit Miroku when he was out of order.
"It comes with the job." She replied.
Miroku woke up with a big bump on his head and stars in his eyes. But then he saw a person with red hair and in a pink outfit and rush over forgetting all about his injuries. He bowed deeply and asked his infamous question. Everyone gasped.
"Miroku, that's Suiichi Minamino, a guy, he's the smartest student at Meiou High School." Kagome said then drastically turned to Kurama. "I can't believe I met you. My friends are never going to believe it. Minamino-san..." she said sweetly. "Can you give me studying tips. Finals are coming up and I'm failing everything." she added saying the last part sadly.
"Ugh...uh...why not." Kurama said politely.
"Uh..." Kagome said noticing something. "...You're a demon. And so are you." she said looking from Kurama to Hiei. She looked at Yusuke. "And you're a half demon."
"WHA.... If you think you're going to steal the jewel shards from us you have another thing coming." Inuyasha said while preparing to take out Tetsusaiga.
"Inuyasha, sit boy." Kagome calmly, while he fell to the ground. Yusuke and company laughed at this. Kagome kneeled down close to Inuyasha and said. "Sorry, but I don't feel any malice coming from them. And before you kill them I think you should hear them out." she said.
"Feh.." Inuyasha said as he got up. "You got 10 minutes to tell me what you want. And I'll decide if it's important."
"Oh how soon we forget!" Botan said appearing next to Inuyasha. "We're here to help you."
"Hn....We is too many people." Hiei said. "You and the Baka over there don't do anything except get in our way."
"Hey!!" Kuwabara said but no one was paying attention to him.
"Hmm!! Sticks and stones..." Botan said.
"Whatever! You can't help, just go back home. I don't need weaklings hanging around." Inuyasha said.
At this Hiei was visible angered. He un-sheathed his katana and said. "You want to say that again?"
Inuyasha also un-sheathed his sword and said. "Bring it on. You little brat."
"Look who's talking." Hiei said then charged.
Out of no where a blue light appeared. Hiei quickly noticed and dogged it. Inuyasha on the other hand only saw it when Hiei had moved out of the way. He picked up Tetsusaiga and when the blue light hit, it ricocheted off, causing the sword to transform back into it's rusty looking form. Inuyasha looked for the source of light and was surprised to find it was the boy in green.
"Next time I won't miss." he said. "If he doesn't want our help, fine, we tried. Let's just back home."
"One problem with that, Yusuke," Botan said as she took out a little book from her kimono.
"What?"
"The well is sealed." She said as she flipped threw the pages of the book.
"WHAT!?!" was everyone's response.
"It can't be sealed." Kagome said sadly.
"Kagome-chan it's not sealed from you." Botan said. "It's sealed from us." she gestured to Yusuke and company. "And if you would have let me read the rules first you would have known." she added then put the book away.
"Well, we are listening now what are the rules?" Kurama asked calmly.
"Well, number one is that we can't go back until you've defeated Naraku. Because Koenma-sama, himself, had to specially open it and if he left it open, anyone one either side could just go through. And the others are simple things like don't tell people here about the future. There are other rules also but those only apply to Kurama and myself." Every looked at her with the question Why? On their face. "We were alive, so to speak, during this time."
"Kurama...Kurama..." Shippo said thinking aloud.
"What wrong Shippo?" Kagome asked concerned.
"I've heard that name before..." Shippo said. Kurama tensed up at this could it be that this little fox knew about Youko. "But where...." Kurama relaxed at this.
"When you said 'alive, so to speak' what do you mean." Sango asked. (Miroku was still in shock from asking a guy to bare his child.)
"Well, I started my job around this time. Koenma-sama, was working to replace the little demons that used to take people to the after life because it was either you were good or bad and no in-between . They didn't look deep into the soul to see where you truly belonged and that was causing problems. Bad people ended up in heaven and the good in hell at times. That's way the ferry girls were introduced, to give humans a better chance at the after life."
"What about the Tatari Mokke?" Kagome asked.
"It worked well for kids that behaved well but it couldn't solve special cases." Botan said.
"If you replaced the Tatari Mokke that must mean..." Miroku said, he had snapped out of his shock and joined the conversation.
"I'm the Grim Reaper!" Botan said happily as she sat on her oar.
"Still, she is beautiful, even if she is the messenger of death." Miroku said. Sango prepared to hit him but stopped when Shippo gasped and ran up to Kurama.
"Ah! I got it! You're the legendary fox bandit, Youko Kurama! My dad told me all about you!" Shippo said admiring Kurama.
"I thought you only worked in the demon world." Hiei said.
"I did." Kurama responded.
"Then how do you know about Kurama, Shippo-chan?" Botan asked the little fox.
"News among foxes travels quickly. Especially when it's as controversial as Youko Kurama, many fox families thought he was a legend, helping fox families gain more respect in the Youkai community. But there were others that said he was slandering the fox name by being a thief." Shippo said. "I can't believe I met you." he said much like Kagome had earlier.
(AN) Hi! What's up! Okay, PLEASE review. It would make me very, very happy. Just tell me anything, like what you want to happen or...anything! Okay. I'd like to thank Lil Shaman Girl for reviewing and as always my cousin. Til next chapter! Ja ne.