Author's Note: Introduce another new character… I have a habit of that in this fic, no?

Oh, and I also realized that I had accidentally posted chapter six twice (glad that I caught it), so please forgive me for that momentary spasmatic relapse... I promise you it probably won't happen again.

Disclaimer: Duh

Warnings: I allude to naughty words…

Pairings: Little bit of Inuyasha/ Kagome, Slight Sesshomaru/ Jenni… But not too much…

The Cousin

Scroll Seven


After the whole alley had heard some explicit language from Kagome, the two demons removed their hands from where they had covered their sensitive ears, heads still ringing and throbbing from the high pitch of the girl's voice. Blinking, Jenni looked from her cousin to the two demons as Inuyasha said, "So, the old geezer tried to seal the well and now it has backfired on him and is open to anyone… Great, like we don't have enough problems at the moment…"

"But, I thought that the old man was a priest… Shouldn't he be able to correctly execute spells" Sesshomaru asked the blonde girl that was shaking her head at her cousin that was still ranting under her breath. Looking at the demon, Jenni nodded and told him"Yeah, he is a priest… That's what makes this so humiliating…"

"That, and he is also…" Kagome then trailed into some more of her foul language, only at a normal level this time. Inuyasha stared at her in shock, and then voiced"Kagome, I didn't think that you knew so many crude words…"

"That is the consequence of being around one such as you, Inuyasha. People suddenly regress and become unrefined the longer that they are around you." Sesshomaru stated to his brother, his voice in its regular monotone.

"What" Inuyasha growled, several blood veins popping from his head in irritation and anger.

"You heard me… Or, maybe you didn't. You have weaker hearing than I do, along with everything else…" Sesshomaru smirked as he closed his eyes, letting his insult hang in the air.

"Yeah right! I'm stronger than you are" Inuyasha declared, hands going to the hilt of the Tetsaiga and gripping the worn leather tightly.

"Is that so" Sesshomaru inquired, opening one eye and peering at the fuming hanyou in mock interest. "Then, how about you prove it"

"Anytime, anywhere" Inuyasha promised as he flicked the top two inches of the blade free from the sheath, making it so that his fang would be easy to draw at a moments notice.

"Um… Aren't we getting a bit off topic…" Jenni asked, stepping forward and looking from first Inuyasha to Sesshomaru.

"You two can fight later when we are back in the feudal era. Till then, behave yourselves" Kagome added, her voice warning the two demons of the anger that was currently inside her. Kagome didn't usually get that angry, so when she was in a bitchy mood, watch out! At least, that was what Jenni had learned over the years…

"Hey" Sarah exclaimed as she jumped up and down excitedly. Sweatdropping, Jenni could swear that she had seen a small lightbulb go off above the brunette's head.

"'Hey' what, girl" Inuyasha asked, looking surprisedly at the girl. 'She really is spastic' was the single thought that was on everyone's mind, except for Sesshomaru, perhaps, because you can never really tell what is on his mind. But, that is beside the point.

"I know how to fix the well" Sarah continued, barely containing her excitement, jumping up and down repeatedly, smiling broadly at them all.

"How" Kagome prompted her.

"Let's go! I can explain on the way back" she chirped as she started walking out to the street, her pace quick.

"Wait, if I carry two of you, we would go faster." Inuyasha said, halting the girl in mid-step. Turning around, she changed her direction and headed for the hanyou, saying"Okay, cool"

"Wait…" Sesshomaru spoke up. Stopping once more in mid-step, Sarah turned her head so she was looking at the full demon.

"I am stronger than you. You carry your girl and I will carry the other two." the youkai stated mater-of-factly.

"I can carry two" Inuyasha protested, ready to defend himself against his brother. He was just as strong as his brother, damn it! He could carry two of the girls himself!

"We will get there faster if I carry two." Sesshomaru tried to explain calmly.

"Will not" Inuyasha shot back quickly, glaring at the older demon.

"Inuyasha, let's just get moving, okay" Kagome pleaded with the hanyou. Looking at her, Inuyasha nodded after a moment and knelt down so the girl could climb onto his back. Standing, Inuyasha and Kagome both looked to the other three and simultaneously sweatdropped. It seemed that Sesshomaru was having trouble convincing Jenni to let him carry her.

"I can climb onto your back" she was protesting.

"No, I can't fit two onto my back." was all that the demon was saying in response. Sarah was just standing to the side, wondering when she would be included in the conversation.

Finally, with Sarah on Sesshomaru's back and the demon carrying Jenni in his arms, the five made their way to the Sunset Shrine, where the broken time-jumping well was housed.

"Now, Sarah, how are you going to fix the well" Kagome asked the girl as she climbed off Inuyasha's back. The brunette just looked past her to the building that surrounded the well.

"Is it in that building" she asked in a serious tone, her eyes calculating. Everyone blinked in surprise at how different she was now. It was hearing a dog go 'meow'. You just don't expect it.

"Yeah, but—" Kagome started, but abruptly stopped when Sarah just walked past her and towards the hut, sliding open the door and stepping inside. The other four looked at each other and quickly followed after her.

When they reached the well house, they saw that she was inspecting the well by circling it slowly several times, nodding and murmuring to herself softly. "I think that it will work…" they heard her say as she made one final round past the wooden well. She stopped in her tracks and turned to face the other four people who were watching her attentively, her face one of complete concentration.

"Okay. This can be fixed, I am positive of that. I just have to let the well know who can travel through it. It will take some time and power, so I will need everyone to help. Just concentrate on letting only the good of heart being the only ones to go through. I would try to limit it back to just Kagome and Inuyasha, but I really don't know how they are able to pass through themselves… So, this will have to do. You each need to touch a part of the well… Okay, let's start." the young girl said when they were all situated around the Bone Eater's Well.

Shortly, the tiny building filled with power, the light from miko and demon ki shooting through the windows. Yet, even this strange arrangement of power did the job, and soon the well was almost as good as new.

"Wow Sarah! How did you know how to do that spell" Jenni panted, exhausted from the power draining exercise. Because of her family's blood line, she had a bit of miko power, though not even half as much as Kagome, so she was understandably tired from exerting herself like that.

"My grandmother is a priestess…" Sarah stated proudly, swiping an annoying strand of hair out of her eyes. "She taught me how to use my powers…"

"That's great." An un-amused voice said to the girl.

"Are you mocking me" Sarah asked Sesshomaru, glaring at the demon.

"I didn't say anything." the youkai replied, blinking once in surprise at being accused of mocking the pathetic little human. Why would he waste his time doing that?

"Then who did" Sarah asked the others, raising her shoulders in a shrug.

"Me." the voice said again as a man jumped from the well, landing beside the brunette girl. He had dark green hair that was around Kagome's mid-back length. His eyes were a blood red, yet also seemed to change shades periodically, depending on his facial expressions. Yet, it was his height that drew your attention; He was easily taller than Sesshomaru, somewhere around six feet four. The man also looked extremely good in his outfit to boot: His shirt was yellow with a red undershirt, much like Inuyasha's fire rat haori, except for the fact that the outer shirt was more like a tunic, falling all the way to his knees. The stitching stood out against the warm hues, the black thread thick and falling loose at the ends of the sleeves, being tied into a bow tie to keep them out of the way. His pants also contrasted nicely with his shirt; A deep forest green hue, and very long.

His only accessories was the silver earring in his left ear, and a trident that he held in his hand along with a small pouch was hanging from his pants, looking lumpy, as if it was filled with rocks. Looking from the hanyou, youkai and the three humans, he blinked and said"What am I doing here? Would any of you care to explain that small piece of information"