Summary: When Kagome's friends from America comes to live with her and her family, what will happen to Inu and co.? What will be Inuyasha's wish when they defeat Naroku?
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Inuyasha…though I wish I did
Chapter 3: In the well
Last Time
"Destiny…why must I want you in both era's? I know what is to come, and not all of it is good."
The unknown person had a soft, velvety voice that seemed to reach Starling ears, for she was the last, and she turned, half expecting to see someone but knowing that no one could have followed them all this way to Japan.
Present
"Thanks Star," Kagome and Destiny said, "that was good."
Starling only grinned in reply, showing her friends that she knew she was good, oh yeah.
"So does that mean you're ready to head home now? I for one am tired and I want to get some sleep so I look good in the morning." Destiny said, laughing with the air of a vain teenager.
Kagome giggled while Starling motioned for the waitress to bring the check. She obliged, coming quickly and waiting patiently while Starling pulled out a wad of money and gave some to her for a tip and some to her for the bill.
"Have a nice day," the waitress said, "and feel better!"
The girls only nodded as they stumbled out the door laughing so hard they could barely stand. Starling was the first to straighten herself out, Kagome second, and Destiny finally calming down last.
Walking back the way they came, Starling and Destiny had Kagome telling them everything about school, her friends, and especially about Inuyasha and the gang.
Suddenly, a man crept from the shadows and lunged at Kagome, only of be stopped by Destiny who'd thrown an arm back toward the mans stomach.
Starling whipped out her knife, but all she did was look at the man and he cowered, covering his head with his hands and running in the opposite direction.
All three girls stood where they were, watching as he became a dot. Then Kagome and Destiny looked at Starling with startled expressions, almost scared at whatever their friend had done to the man.
"Star," Destiny gaped at her sister, "what the hell'd you do?"
Starling looked at them but turned back toward the dot. "I don't know…"
They all gave a shrug and then began walking back home to the shrine. Kagome had been thinking about what had happened and said aloud, "Maybe it's just that he was on some kind of drug and when you got mad he got freaked out."
Starling glanced at her friend, "Yeah, I guess so. It doesn't really matter, though, it's not like it means anything."
They got to the shrine and walked up the steps, crossing the yard into the house. As all three changed into their slippers, Ms. Higurashi walked into the foyer and watched as the three talked about the feudal era and their friends.
"So did you guys have fun at the restaurant?" She asked, walking with them until they got to the kitchen, putting down the food they had to go.
"Yeah, thanks for letting us go Mum." Kagome said, smiling at her mother. Ms. Higurashi gave a grin and went on to her own room, settling down in bed with a book.
The three girls went upstairs and slipped into Starling and Destiny's room, after stopping in Kagome's room to get some things. They had grabbed her photo album, her pajama's, and a special binder she had under her mattress.
"So…when are we leaving to see the gang tomorrow?" Destiny asked, painting her toenails black with pink flowers. She had glanced up a Kagome when she spoke, and the result was missing her nails and swiping her toe, causing her to curse.
"Well…Hopefully around lunchtime." Kagome said, placing a grape into her mouth and chewing for a moment, "That will give us time to get dressed, eat, and maybe pack a few things before going there for two or three days. Because you guys have to go back and all."
Starling was lounging on the bed, flipping through Kagome's photo album. She giggled a few times, also full-out laughing when she saw a picture that really looked funny.
"Man Kagome, A lot of these are really funny." Starling said, showing the two a picture of when Miroku was sneaking up on Sango.
"Yeah, I always brought a camera, just so that I could remember these moments." She said, eating another grape, "and I always loved sending them to you."
Starling giggled at the memory of one of the packages they had gotten, the one with pictures of the gang all swimming. Kagome had bought Inuyasha and the rest of them swim suits. She herself was wearing a nice green two piece, Inuyasha had on red swim trunks, Miroku was wearing purple, Sango had on a blue one piece, and Shippou was wearing orange trunks.
"I remember the one package with the swimsuits," Starling told Kagome, her eyes staring off into space, "and Inuyasha was watching you swim. The expression on his face was priceless, and I hung it on my wall."
Kagome thought back on the picture and laughed, "Yeah, Sango took that photo, she loved my camera. All of them, actually."
The girls giggled and continued what they were doing: Kagome flipping through a magazine and eating grapes, Destiny was painting her nails and listening to music from her small alarm clock set to CD, while Destiny was looking at the album and chewing on some candy they had bought while downtown.
Destiny was listening to a mixed CD that she had made months ago and it had songs from all different artists. Right then they were listening to 'Always and Forever' by Shania Twain.
"I like this song," Kagome told Destiny, "It's so…Oh, I don't know, it reminds me of something…but I don't know why."
Destiny and Starling laughed at Kagome, but quickly clapped a hand over their mouths, shaking their heads and making Kagome giggle too.
"Okay, okay, I know…I know…" Kagome confessed, and stared at the floor. Then she looked around, taking in the room. "I got an idea," She said, "Let's pack for tomorrow."
Starling and Destiny looked up from what they were doing and nodded happily. Then they put aside their things and went into the trunk at the end of the bed and pulled out a large backpack similar to Kagome's own.
Smiling, they put their bag on the bed so Kagome could get a look. Starling's was black while her sisters was silver, but had black writing all over it. Kagome realized she must have zoned off somewhere because Starling was now waving a hand in front of her nose.
"What should we bring?" She asked, and Kagome saw that both trunks were open and things were really packed in them.
"Well, we should say we'll be there for three days, so pack six outfits. You never know when you'll get messy." Kagome said, pausing long enough for the girls to pull out some jeans, shirts, and underthings. They folded each thing neatly but quickly and put it in, then waited for Kagome to go on, "Probably some bathroom things. Toothbrush, toothpaste, ya know, the basics."
Kagome had stopped while Starling and Destiny each dug into their trunk and pulled out a large-looking bag filled with things normally in a bathroom. Kagome could see toothbrushes and shampoo, toothpaste and a brush.
They glanced through the bag, then placed it into the large backpack on either side of the bed. Next they looked at Kagome, to tell them whatever else they would need.
"Okay…" she said, thinking, "a jacket or something like that. Also, socks and extra shoes."
Starling pulled out a leather bomber jacket and showed it to Kagome, raising an eyebrow to ask if it was okay. Kagome only shrugged and nodded, silently telling her friend that if she wanted to she could wear it. Destiny had pulled a blue sweatshirt out and tucked it into her bag.
They both tugged extra sneakers from the trunks, and placing them neatly into the bag. Kagome knew without even looking inside, that there would be plently of room for other stuff too.
"Make-up isn't really a…need, but if you like it, go ahead and bring it." Kagome remarked, watching as each girl had pulled a large bag of make-up out and tossed it into their bags until she continued, "and pajama's."
Starling tugged a black silk nightie, but Kagome's eyes widened and she shook her head. So Starling put it back into her trunk and pulled out a two piece set, black and red. Kagome nodded and Starling folded the pajama's, putting them into the large black backpack.
Meanwhile, Destiny had pulled out a similar nightie, but realized that if Starling shouldn't wear it, then she shouldn't either. So she put it back and yanked out a pair of black pants and a red tank top. She put these into her bag after folding them, and both girls saw they had more room.
"Um…" Kagome said, thinking about what else they should bring, "I think now you can bring other things. Books, CDs and CD players, notebooks, cameras, anything."
Starling and Destiny grinned at one another, then Kagome watched as they went back and forth, putting in books, CDs, and other things that they would want with them.
When they were finished, their bags still looked nice and they were tired out from the whole day, smiling at Kagome as they shut their trunks and put their bags on top of them.
"Are we ready to get some sleep?" Starling said, pulling the covers back. All three had already changed into pajama's and now put everything away and curled under blankets, yawning and laughing at each other.
The next day
Starling turned over, wiping the sleep from her eyes and opening them. She saw Kagome was under a afghan and Destiny was against the headboard, her eyes half-open.
"Ugh…" Destiny groaned, opening and closing her eyes a few times, adjusting to the light. She looked around and remembered where they were.
"Star…" Destiny said, causing her sister to look at her, "I miss mum and dad. And home."
Tears rolled down the girls face, and Starling crawled over to her, gathering the crying girl in her arms and rocking slightly. "Shhh…" she said, attempting to calm her, "It's okay…we'll be going home at the end of the week. Until then we should be having fun. Don't worry. Shhh…"
Kagome had woken up, but pretended she was asleep while the Destiny cried and Starling held her, then Kagome stirred.
"Morning Kag." Starling said, "Destiny just misses home."
Kagome gave her a small smile and crawled over too, hugging her friends and hoping they felt better. Then she sat back and said, "I know what'll make you feel better." She said, smiling, "A visit to the feudal era."
Both girls grinned at their friend, and Destiny wiped away her tears, then all three got up, putting down their blankets and leaving the room. Then they walked downstairs, giving Ms. Higurashi a grateful smile when she served them breakfast as soon as they sat down.
"Oh man, thanks, Oka-san, that looks really good." Destiny told Ms. Higurashi, picking up her chopsticks and eating quickly.
Ms. Higurashi looked at her daughter, who was humming, and asked, "Hey Kagome, are you all going back to the feudal era?"
The girl nodded, eating more egg, then swallowed and said, "Yeah…all three of us'll probably stay there for three days. That way they can get on their plane in time."
Ms. Higurashi nodded and went back to cooking, but not before kissing her daughter's cheek and saying, "Have fun."
Starling and Destiny looked at Kagome with some surprise. She had told them her mother was okay with it, but never so…casual.
Kagome only laughed at her friends faces and finished her plate and waited patiently for the other two to finish eating. She knew any longer and Inuyasha would have her throat, but didn't care. She didn't want her friends getting sick because they had to hurry and worry about Inuyasha.
"Are you guys ready?" She asked when they had both slowed their eating. The two of them nodded and got up from the table, saying a good-bye to Ms. Higurashi and donning each respective backpack.
"So how are we going to get through?" Destiny said, asking the question that had kept coming up in each girls mind but never having actually said anything.
"Well…maybe if you…" Kagome was thinking, "I know!" She ran around the well and squatted down next to it, digging in the ground until she reached something. Kagome pulled a pocket knife from the ground and began to carve something in the old wood of the well.
Starling and Destiny went around the well, following the pattern she had, until they saw that she was carving their names into the old wood. Looking close, they saw that Kagome's name was also carved into the wood, but it was aged many years.
As though she sensed their unasked question, she said to them, "I carved my name into this well long ago, so that I was sure I would always be able to come back to the feudal era. Pretty smart of me, wasn't it?"
Starling and Destiny nodded, then watched as she finished carving and placed the knife back into the ground and covered it. Standing up she winked at the girls, then jumped into the well and disappeared in the blue light.
Starling look at her sister, "You're younger, you go first."
Destiny gave Starling a look, but jumped in the well anyway and looked upward.
The last thing she saw was her sisters face before a blue light engulfed her and she felt like she was floating. Then her feet touched solid ground and above her wasn't the well house roof but a blue sky.
"Destiny!"
Kagome was calling her, and she looked up. "There's a rope!" Kagome called, and Destiny saw a rope ladder hanging down from the top of the well.
"Thanks!" Destiny said, and quickly climbed up. When she took one step up, the bottom of the well turned blue and she hurried up the rope ladder, Kagome and a black-haired girl helped her over the side of the well.
Starling followed her up, having jumped in soon after her, only stopping when she knelt in the dirt and wrote something, then ran her fingers over it so no one would see it.
"Starling, climb up." Kagome said, shaking the ladder a little bit.
After getting up, Starling and Destiny stood to one side while the gang was facing them. Inuyasha was eyeing (A/N not that way!) the girls cautiously, wondering why they were here.
"Guys," Kagome said to the feudal era gang, "This is Starling and Destiny. They're my penpals from New Jersey, and they've come for a visit."
Then she turned to the girls and said, "Star, Tiny, this is Inuyasha," she said, motioning to people, "Sango, Miroku, and Shippou. These are my friends from the feudal era."
She backed up and watched as Destiny walked to Shippou and began to talk to him about what his life's been like so far while Starling went right to Sango and they began talking about make-up and boys.
Kagome giggled, and Inuyasha looked at her with a curious expression on. He was tempted to ask what was wrong and why she was laughing, when he saw something out of the corner of his eye and noticed Sango and Starling were talking in hushed voices, fervently glancing at Miroku, who was standing next to a tree and watching them talk.
Inuyasha said, "So is this normal?"
Kagome looked at him and remembered that he wasn't from her time and they didn't know about any of this.
"Well, yeah, it is. Destiny's always been really good with kids and Starling loves meeting new people." Kagome said, patting his shoulder. He hadn't jump like he normally would have, instead he glanced at her hand and when she dropped it to her side and continued to watch her friends.
Inuyasha reached over and touched her hand slightly, than quickly stopped when he noticed everyone was finished talking and they were ready to go.
"Come on, let's get to the village." He said, and they began walking, hoping to get to the village by supper time.
"So when did you and Kagome really meet, Inuyasha?" Starling asked, and instead of a polite answer got a glare and Inuyasha growled. Kagome looked at him and back at her friend, then answered for him, "We met on my birthday."
Starling and Destiny shook their heads, "That's no what she means," Destiny said, "She means, when did you really meet. Like when you really got introduced and all."
Kagome and Inuyasha both blushed, then Kagome said, "Well, it must've been the afternoon after we met. We had just began our fight for the shikon jewel and that's when I broke it. Not on purpose, remember."
They all nodded, then began chatting with each other as they went over the hill and came to see the outskirts of the town. Miroku and Sango were talking with Shippou, while Kagome was talking with Starling and Destiny, and Inuyasha kept an eye out to make sure nothing was wrong.
"-and then I just sat there and cried. It hurt so bad." Destiny said, finishing her story.
Destiny had been telling her friends about the time a crush had told her off and she was really upset. She really liked him and he had blown her off. Destiny was crushed, but she had then come to Japan and felt better.
"Inuyasha! Kagome!"
Keade was limping as fast as she could on the dirt road and then collapsed, causing everyone to rush to her side.
"Keade, what's wrong?" Kagome cried, digging through her backpack for the first aid kit. Starling saw and reached into her shirt, pulling out a necklace of fine chain. On the end was a small vial and she twisted the top, holding the vial under Keade's nose until the woman stirred.
Starling put the necklace back into her shirt and asked Keade if she was all right.
"It was…it was them!" Keade moaned, then fell back into Inuyasha's lap and turned her head, sleeping.
Kagome then glanced as she heard a sound coming from the village. She looked over and saw the worst person she could see at that time.
Hahaha! Cliffie! I so rule. Okay, I so hope that I can get the next chappie out soon. School sucks, and there's so much going on. Oh well, Review please!
