Jaken stood outside of a house in the middle of the forest, Rin dancing around him merrily. He shot a disgusted look her way & then before he could call out the little ningen beat him to it.
"Kagome-nee!" she called & soon she was answered.
"Rin-chan!" That
onna's voice sounded weak...he almost seemed concerned. Almost. The
truth was the little toad had grown fond of the witty onna.
He
called out, annoyance in every word, "Baka no Onna! My Lord
wishes you to return! He could smell your disgusting blood & sent
me to retrieve you!"
He heard her mumble something to the other ningens he could smell in the house.
Kagome smiled,
a genuine smile that shocked the Sohma's & one Tohru Honda.
Kagome motioned for Shigure to help her up, & when he obliged
they moved to the front door & walked out.
The sight that met
them was not what they had expected. A small child dancing
around & a small...toad! Kagome continued oblivious to
the gawking Sohma's behind her, all but Tori & Gure, that is.
When the two saw Kagome they had very different reactions. Rin ran to
Kagome & glomped her as best she could, Kagome trying not to
wince. Jaken stared & then snorted, his concern hidden from all
but Kagome, & said, "Well, leave it to you to get so
badly injured. Sessho-maru-sama will not be pleased..."
Her
face darkened & she said slowly, "Fluffy-sama will not like
any of what has happened today...he will be most displeased
with his half-brother, I can assure you of that." Jaken stared
for a moment. What could make his lord even more displeased
with that baka no hanyou of a half-brother? Then it clicked & his
eyes widened the slightest bit, & Kagome nodded almost
imperceptibly. It was that hanyou that attacked the onna.
Anger surged through the little yokai, his eyes burning ever so
slightly.
"Yes, he will be most displeased," he agreed. Kagome smirked.
"He'll be even more pissed than that whole thing over Tetsussaiga, which is definitely saying something." Kagome said, controlled anger in every word. Shigure frowned at that. The Kagome he knew was nice, cheerful, & hated violence...except for video games...she got very scary when she was killing other opponents, & that was when she was 5! This new Kagome was mature & more calculating. His thoughts were interrupted when Kagome looked around, seemingly puzzled.
"What're you looking for Gome?" He asked, concern & worry laced in with his normal cheeriness.
"Did you bring Ah-Un with you?" Jaken mock-glared at her, which was pretty funny seeing as he was small, green, & grumpy.
"Of course you baka!
He's in those trees over there, resting a bit. We did come straight
here. My Lord wasn't able to come, he was at a meeting with the
Taiyokai of the South, you know how the wars been going, & he
couldn't leave. You could see the worry on his face, & you know
that's a bad sign for him; so he sent us to fetch you." Jaken
seemed even more tired then usual, & Kagome realized with a start
that the poor old toad must have been up for a long time worrying
about the Taiyokai of the South & Fluffy-sama's infamous temper
concerning the Cat yokai who ruled there.
She bowed her head in
thanks, surprising Jaken. "I am sorry to add more to his
worries...& Jaken-san" he snorted at that," I do
realize what that treaty means to the Western Lands, so I will come
quietly. As long as my cousin's may come as well," she gestured
to the Sohma's surrounding them, all still in some form of shock.
Kagome snorted, not hiding her amusement at all.
Jaken stared at
them all, seeming to judge their worth. He finally 'hmphed' &
nodded, accepting her terms.
"They may come, but
Ah-Un can only carry so many..." he trailed off seeing her
mischievous glance at the tall black haired man supporting her. "What
are you thinking, onna? I know that look, I've seen it one too many
times right before you did something foolish-" Just as he said
that Kagome leapt, with surprising speed, away from Shigure &
started chanting something quietly. Jaken's eyes widened when he
realized what she was doing. "You baka! That is a dangerous spell
for you in that condition! You could-" a small FSSSSHHHHHH...
was heard & a large cloud-like thing appeared under Kagome &
lifted a foot from the ground.
The Sohma's stared at the light
purple cloud & back at the now sitting Kagome with wide eyes.
Kagome just smirked. "Well, get on you slow pokes!" she
teased. The first to move was, surprisingly, Kyo. He stepped onto the
cloud, testing his weight on it before walking over & sitting
next to Kagome, smiling sneakily. He grinned at Kagome, & she
grinned back, both starting to scare the other people present. Then
they glanced back at Yuki, Tohru, Aya, & Tori; Gure was already
sitting on the other side of Kagome. As they each got on slowly, Tori
last, Ah-Un came over & the two headed dragon nearly scared the
pants off of them, except Tori who looked at the Dragon
strangely.
Then as the cloud-thingy began to rise Kagome
started in a nasally voice, "All passengers on this flight to
Sengoku Jidai, please buckle you seat-belts & make sure your
trays are in the upright position." They all stared at the
strange girl oddly. "What!" she asked defensively, Rin
laughing at her antics. She had done the same thing when Rin rode on
her cloud-thingy (that's what it was actually called, or named by
Kagome...her 'cloud-thingy'), though she had no idea what it meant,
she got the gist of it.
As they started heading towards the well,
Kagome started humming the song 'Breaking The Habit' by Linkin Park.
She went through at least fifteen other songs by the time they
reached the well, & even got Gure to join in on the last five.
The pain in her shoulder & leg were still a dull ache, so when
they landed, she had no problems getting up, until the cloud-thingy
disappeared & she felt the loss of energy. She wobbled a bit &
leaned against the closest person, which happened to be Kyo. He
seemed annoyed but held back any comments at the pained look on her
face.
"Oi…now I realize why I wasn't in so much pain" her voice was a little rougher & her breathing a little abnormal, but she waved away Tori when he shot her a concerned look. "It was my Miko powers dulling it & now I've used up a lot of that energy..."
