AN- Thank you Soooo much for the Reviews!! I love getting them!!! I think I want to do one of those song things, but I need to choose a good song. I have a good song, but I think I'll save that one for another story. Well, I hope you guys like this chapter. Oh, and I'm trying to get the chapters to be a little longer, but I'm usually impatient to get stuff out. I don't want like a million stubby chapters though…I'll fix it later. And they'll be more flash backs also.
Disclaimer- Does fanfiction really require this?? I bet it's really just this humongous hoax and the crew was too lazy to correct everyone. Either way, I don't own Inuyasha.
Chapter 5- Well Done
Dinner at the Higurashi's was always pretty regular.
"So did you and Sango get a lot of studying done?"
"Not really, but we're really going to cram Tuesday night before the final."
"The day before? Is that really such a great idea?"
"Well, we're also studying during school. I promise I won't blow it." Maybe she shouldn't have made that promise…
"Well…ok"
"I bought these moose pellets at the market, legend has it that they will repel evil demons."
"Gross.'
"Oh, I forgot." Her mother looked at Kagome. "Buyo got into the water well pipes again, but this time he must've messed something up because we have very little water pressure and I predict in a matter of days we will have no water at all."
"Call a plumber."
"You know we can't afford that, and neither can the people next door who we share the well with."
"So…?"
"Well I talked with the people next door so we could figure something out."
"And…?"
"Well, I volunteered you to go down there tonight and try to figure it out."
"What?!?!"
"You have very good mechanical skills."
"I put the batteries in the remote control when I was six and suddenly I have plumber expertise? Besides, it could be dangerous. Sixty-three amateur plumbers die every year for this very reason!"
"It won't only be you; Seshomaru is sending Inuyasha over to help you."
"Well. That makes me feel soooooo much better. Why can't someone else do it?"
"Souta's too young, Grandpa is too old, and I'm….well…I'm busy."
"Right."
"Buyo is your cat. And I'm not exactly thrilled about having it take six minutes to wash my hands."
"fine."
"…and bathing is going to take forever."
"I said yes! I'll do it!"
"That's better. Souta, peas go in your mouth not your nose."
"I hate my life."
"Oh Kagome, don't be such a drama queen. I want you over there after dinner."
"In that case, more sushi."
"Scratch that, I want you there at 6:30 sharp."
"I hate sushi."
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Inuyasha purred happily in a hot shower. Washing away the weekend. Scrubbing off grimy memories. A chance to start over, everything else could swivel down the drain. The constant stream of scalding water pou—Constant? The amount of water coming out of his spout was equivalent to almost nothing. He was thoroughly annoyed breaking a couple of bathroom tiles.
He barged out of the bathroom door in a towel.
"Seshomaru!!!"
"Yes little brother?"
"What's the hell is wrong with the water?"
"Oh yes, I knew I forgot something."
"After I TOLD you I was taking a shower?!"
"Funny how these things work out."
"Fix it!"
"Problem is I'm a very busy man, and it's not as if you have anything important to do so an idea came to me. What if I keep on working while you fix this problem? So I told Mrs. Higarashi you'll be over by the well this afternoon. Have fun."
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It was quiet at the Higurashi's table for a while, until a distant "FUCK!!" was heard.
"Mommy? What was that?"
"Uh…nothing honey. Keep on eating your rice."
For some reason Kagome dreaded going to the well even more.
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After arguing for five minutes on who would be 'it'. Inuyasha finally gave in and volunteered himself. Jeez this girl was stubborn.
"The well is base. Count to 10…no…50…no 100."
"Well which one is it!!"
"50. 50's good."
Inuyasha looked a bit embarrassed.
"I can only count to twenty."
"Wow! Really?!"
He knew this was a bad idea.
"…I can only count to 17! You should teach me one day."
Inuyasha was relieved.
"Any baka can count to seventeen."
Inuyasha instantly regretted saying that. It made him feel stupid.
"That's mean. I can really count to fifty-two, but I didn't want to make you feel bad. Meanie-head."
Ok…so he felt really stupid.
"Well I don't want to play this stupid game with dumb you!"
Kagome was on the verge of tears. She didn't ask to be moved hundreds of miles away from her home in Hiroshima. She thought she could make new friends but Inuyasha was such a grouch.
Inuyasha had had enough. He started to run home, pushing Kagome as he passed her, but he didn't know his own strength.
She stumbled backwards fear emanating from her eyes. She tripped over the well wall and tumbled down. She screamed.
Inuyasha was horrified. What had he done? It was his entire fault; he had to do something! His mind raced for a plan.
He dived after her.
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"You have to go now, no use stalling."
Her mom was making her bring their old toolbox her dad use to have. They never used it but "it could come in handy."
She grudgingly dragged herself outside. She loved her cat, but she would also love nothing more to strangle it.
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--SPLASH--
Inuyasha shivered in the freezing water. Kagome was next to him gasping in shock. The well was deep. It probably would've been smarter to get help.
"You baka!"
"I'll think of something."
"You just had to play the hero and do the most stupid thing possible!"
"Shut up! Let me think!"
It was about fifteen feet from the top of the well. The walls were stone with the occasional crease and cracks.
"Let's just yell for our mommies!"
"They won't hear, not with their weak human ears."
Kagome wasn't very familiar with hanyous and youkais. She thought Inuyasha had a fetish with a dog costume or something.
"Human ears? You're not human?"
Inuyasha froze, not just because of the water temperature. He had nasty past encounters with his identity. His mom told him never to tell anybody unless absolutely necessary.
"Be quiet, I think I'll be able to climb out."
He wasn't sure how he'd be able to get her out also; he didn't feel comfortable leaving her.
"Hold on to my back."
"I don't think—"
"Just do it!"
Kagome decided to do what he told her. She was losing feeling in her legs, and that couldn't be good. She grabbed on to his red garb, and he leaped out of the water.
He grabbed onto a crevice with his claws, and… slid right back down. His claws made an unpleasant noise scraping against the stone.
"Eep" The scrapping noise sent shivers down her back and she was once again helpless in the zero degree water.
Inuyasha splashed the water in frustration; if only he were a full demon he could've made it.
"Try again. I know you can do it Inuyasha, but easy on my ears."
At first Inuyasha hesitated, but he was never one to give up so easily.
"Grab on tighter this time."
He took his first leap. He felt himself sliding, but this time he held on stronger.
"Yes Inuyasha! You're doing it!"
He felt inspired by her words, and took a huge leap up. They were more than half way there.
Finally they made it. The two little kids collapsed on the ground.
"You were really brave."
"Keh."
"I can't believe you did that. So what are you like a teenage mutant ninja turtle?"
Inuyasha cringed at the suggestion. He might as well set her straight.
"I'm a hanyou."
Kagome's face went blank. He knew it! He knew this would happen.
"That…is…so…cool!!!"
Inuyasha crumpled his face in to surprise.
"Can I touch your ears pleeeeeease?!"
"What? No! I mean…if you want."
"Yay!"
Of course, when she fist saw Inuyasha, she had wanted to do this.
Kagome stroked Inuyasha's ears. They were really fuzzy and cute.
"Ok, that's enough."
Kagome was slightly disappointed, but no matter, there'll be other times.
