Chapter 9: The Foxes Give Chase!
After Kagome and Inuyasha had disappeared from view within the well and the bright flash that had interrupted the semi-darkness of the dawn had faded, Cali turned around to his mate and stated simply, "they're gone, dear."
Naja raised her thin eyebrows, "and why is that so important?" she asked, curiosity growing as she watched the cogs begin to turn in Cali's mind. She watched as his grin began to widen, until it was almost spreadto his ears.
"Because, by what Miroku and Sango have told me, Kagome and Inuyasha are the only ones who can pass through the well, right?" he questioned. He had an idea, an idea so ingenious that his head would explode if he could even begin to know what he was talking about.
"Cali, what are you up to?" Naja asked, still growing more and more curious as to the nature of the conversation.
"Well, I was thinking, can the well discern imposters from the real thing?" Cali continued, raising his eyebrows, as if trying to convince her. Naja's eyes widened slightly, 'he doesn't mean...' her thoughts were interrupted as he began to change form. She loved watching him do this, it was so different from her own transformations, with a small pop, she became something else. But Cali's was different, his was more of a morphing type of thing, that took only the span of a few seconds, but at least he never made the mistake of keeping his fox tail. She watched in awe as his paws changed into hands, with pearly white claws gleaming in the spotty sunlight of the forest, his hair changed from its deep brown to a striking silver, and it grew down to near his rear end. His nose shortened slightly, and Naja, Queen of the Shifters Pack, was now looking Lord Inuyasha in the bright hazel eyes.
"Well?" he asked in Inuyasha's barky voice, as if expecting praise. Naja simply laughed, "it's worth a shot, isn't it?" Then, in a small pop, the human Kagome Higurashi was looking her mate right in the eyes. "Well, come along! Let's give it a try!" and they marched, arm in arm towards the well.
They entered the clearingthat contained the Bone Eaters Well just beyond the village limits,and looked over at the crumbly structure. Naja looked over to her mate and saw that he was sweating slightly, she leaned up and whispered in his ear, "nervous, are we?" Cali just looked at her without moving his head, and just gave her a small "Feh!" This caught Naja completely off guard, and she simply stared at him, 'hun, you're getting way to far into character!' she thought as he ran and jumped into the well. There was a bright flash, then nothing. 'Looks like it worked! Ok, here I go!' she thought gaily as she ran and jumped down the well.
She had entered into a vast expanse of blue in which, straight ahead, she saw a humanoid form silhouetted against what looked like a painting of a roof as seen from inside, with stone walls on each side of the picture. 'well, this is weird,' she though as she watched the human meld into the picture, and then look down into the rift, holding his hand in for her to grasp. She reached out as far as she could, and finally her hand's grip met his arm, and with a small whoosh, she had left the field, and was now sitting on her mate's lap, whose back was against one of the stone walls she had seen earlier.
"Looks like it worked, babe!" He said jovially as he got to his feet, putting his arm under her armpit to pull her up with him. She noticed for a second that the hand that had grasped her earlier was now back to a basic paw, the paws that she loved so much, that belonged to the demon of her dreams. With another pop, she was back to her old self, and they bothbegan the arduous task of climbing out of the well, without Inuyasha'sagility to help them out, a shill cry of, "KAGOME'S BACK!" making them flinch as Cali swung his leg over the lip of the well, Naja reaching over and pulling him off, hugging him gently as she whispered, "mmm... you smell great, compared to this place..."
Cali shook his head quickly, mouthing "not yet, later" to his mate, looking up to the open door before them. Intruiged, he walked out into the brilliant sunlight, then crouched behind a low wall, seeing a confrontation about to erupt in the courtyard ofthe HigurashiShrine.
Ok, I know it isn't that long, but it's the best I could do at the moment! See ya soon!
