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Findings
Kagome sat up straight and looked around. 'What was that?' She looked out her window and felt small pang in her heart. 'The well!' She jumped up, nocking her chair over and ran from her room. She half stumbled half flew down the stairs. She knocked her brother to the floor and ran right past her mom, who spilled the tea she carrying. Everyone watched as she ran outside, leaving the door wide open. Her mother and grandpa exchanged worried glances and hurried after her. Souta looked down at Bouyo and shrugged then followed after them.
Kagome went straight to the well. 'Something's happened!' She flung open the door to the well house and jumped down the stairs. She leapt over the rim of the well and landed hard on the ground at the bottom. She lay there in a crumbled heap for a few seconds before crying out.
"NOOOO!" she sobbed, banging her fists on the ground. "No! No! No! No! No!" She banged her fist one more time then lay her head down. Her tears pooled beneath her.
Souta arrived at the well seconds after his mother, and his grandfather stood a little ways behind him, panting. He has heard his sister's scream and looked over the edge.
"Are you ok sis?" he asked, panick lacing his voice.
She shook her head and mumbled a 'no'. "The well is...sealed."
Their mother gasped and her hand flew to cover her mouth. Souta stared blankly for moment then burst into tears. He fell to the ground and did much the same as Kagome had done.
Kagome pulled herself up the rope ladder and out of the well. She reached for her brother and pulled him off the ground. She drug him out of the well house and her mother followed. When Souta could stand on his own, he looked up and yelled, ducking behind Kagome. When she saw what had made Souta yell, her eyes went wide and she fainted.
Kurama was at the bottom of the shrine steps when he heard the scream. He sighed and hurried up the stairs. Youko snickered in the back of his mind and did a mental dance.
'Going to be a hero,' he sang then added in his normal voice, 'It was probably just an insect.'
'Youko,' Kurama sighed, 'she sounded as if someone had just gotten hurt.'
'Probably a petty human accident then.'
'Youko,' Kurama warned and mentally growled when Youko snickered.
'Fine, I'll be silent when you rescue the human wench.'
Kurama finally reached the top and saw a woman dragging a boy away from a small building followed by another woman who looked to be in shock. The looked over at him and yelled then ducked behind the first woman. She looked up at him and seemed very surprised, and then fainted. She landed face down, so she more likely than not have a busted lip.
When the older woman saw him she shrieked and moved forward to shield the boy and the woman that fainted.
"Don't come any nearer!" she yelled. "My daughter and my son have done nothing to you, and neither have I!"
"Please," Kurama said, holding his hands up in a peaceful gesture, "I meant no harm. I heard the scream from the bottom of the stairs. I was on my way to meet with the keeper of this shrine." He started forward when she nodded and let his fall to his sides. He knelt down beside the woman's daughter and checked her pulse. It was a little slower than normal. He shook his head picked up the girl. The woman sighed and started toward her house.
'I can't believe she trusts you,' Youko commented.
'Neither can I,' Kurama replied.
"You must be Minamino Shuuichi. Grandfather said you were meeting with him today. You're a little early." She walked up to the door and waited for him and Souta. They all entered the house and she shut the door behind them.
"My name is Higurashi Aiko. My daughter's name is Kagome, and this is Souta." She had pulled Souta into a one-armed hug with her arm around his shoulder. "Just take her upstairs and lay her down in her room. Her door should be open." Aiko turned away and went into what Kurama supposed was the kitchen.
Kurama looked at the stairs in front of him and sighed. There weren't that many, but they were steep. He sighed and made his way around a puddle of tea and up the stairs. He turned at top and looked down the hall. None of the doors were open.
Youko growled in his mind. 'This is some trick!'
'No it is not,' Kurama said in attempt to calm the kitsune.
'Yes it is,' Youko argued.
Kurama went to the second door and shifted Kagome to where he was holding her with one arm and she was laying over his shoulder. She groaned when he moved and figured she was now just asleep and would be waking up soon. He opened her door and went over to her bed. He sat down and moved her to her bed, and then he tried to stand. There was sharp pain on his head and he imediately sat back down. He twisted and looked down at her hand; she had a fistful of his hair. It was his turn to groan and he moved so that he was sitting on the floor leaning against her bed.
Checat: Yay! Done with this chapter! I'll write more later!