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Chapter Fourteen - Uncomfortable Silences
When they arrived at the well, there was a little confusion. Most of that was pertaining to the fact that nobody could actually see the well. Then Kagome spotted an odd clump of weeds and roots, she sighed and said "Oh, not again. Ever since Menoumaru did his stupid growth transformation the well regenerates itself from time to time." She got out her bow and a single arrow, but then Inuyasha stepped in front of her and waved his hand (I'll take care of it). As he walked forward, the others followed. All of them but Jessica and Diamond. Jessica's flip flop got its foamy base stuck on a spiky thorned weed. Luckily, it didn't pass all the way through her flip flop, so she didn't say anything and let everyone else go with Inuyasha while she and her faithful dog stayed behind and she unhooked her shoe. A shadow told her that she and Diamond were not alone. She turned her head a little to the side to see black, then looked up to see Miroku. He was starring at her. Diamond did a little sneeze and told her "He smells like an often sexually intrigued human." "You mean a pervert?" replied Jessica, standing up and dusting off her hands, "Don't worry, Dime. I go to highschool. I can deal with it." Finally the she smiled pleasently and said "Hello. Miroku, was it?" He smiled back and said "Yes, it is. And you are Jessica. We were never formally aqainted, it seems." He extended the hand that didn't have the beads, so she shook it. Then he didn't let go. He still had that smile on his face. "So, uh, exactly how 'formal' are you expecting to get?" Jessica asked uneasily after a few moments. "This man makes me think of that boy Marcus," remarked Diamond. "You mean like the time we were all at lunch and Marcus put the plastic bag over his hand and rubbed my arm saying 'Hey look, it's safe touching.'?" replied Jessica, restraining a smile. Miroku mistook it and said (his smile becomming a little more alarming to Jessica), "As formal as I can." At that point Jessica yanked her hand out of his and said "We-ell, it's been wonderful, but we really gotta go. COME ON DIAMOND!" She and Diamond walked (trying not to walk too fast as to offend the priest) and caught up with the rest of the group. Miroku stood for a moment, then smiled to himself and thought "Oh yeah..I'm a stud." He then rejoined everyone.
It ended up that Jessica and Diamond were next to Sango, Miroku was sitting on the ground to be at better level for Shippou as he and the little fox demon conversed. AJ was next to Kagome, and they were both watching as Inuyasha hacked all the weeds and roots away with his claws. Dianna was next to Kouga. Occasionally, she'd take a step in a random direction, and then he'd take one and be right beside her again. Soon Dianna turned it into a game. Kouga looked peeved, but he wasn't saying anything. Jessica saw an amused look on Romeo's and Wednesday's faces (Romeo and Wednesday had been talking - Mostly about how beautiful Kilala was, to Romeo's annoyance). Then Jessica turned her attention to Sango. She had never really gotten a chance to talk to Sango personally before, but she saw that Miroku tagged along with her a lot when they were walking, and also rode Kilala with her from time to time. She cleared her throat and said "Eh..so. Miroku's a priest, I gather?" Sango turned to Jessica with a look that Jess knew was one of an old annoyance. She shot a small glare at the offending man and said "He didn't touch you, did he?" "Only my hand. We shook hands and he uh..didn't let go." she replied, happy that apparently he wasn't going to focus all his attention only on her, then a thought occurred to her and she said "He isn't being very priest-like as far as manners go, I'm thinking. Is he really one or does he just like the outfit?" Sango put on a smally, wry smile and said "Yeah, he really is a priest. Abeit a .. unique one. But still a priest." They were quiet for a moment, then Jessica said "At least he's good with kids. Is Shippou yours?" Sango got a look of pure shock and meeped "What!" Jessica almost took a step back, but managed not to just in time and said "But- I thought- Aren't you two..." "MIROKU!" Sango yelled, apparently disturbed. Miroku looked up from his game of sticks with Shippou and said "You called?" Sango looked at him with a look of death, then stomped off over to Kagome and AJ. Miroku looked at Jessica as if to say "What did I do?" Jessica shrugged, "I don't know!" At that moment, Shippou tugged on Miroku's sleeve and said "Inuyasha is done! Come on! I wanna play with Sota again!" Miroku got up and dusted off his bum (black is not the best color to wear when you're sitting on the ground), then he walked over to the rest of them. He tried talking to Sango, but she wouldn't say anything to him. He look distressed. Jessica actually felt a little bad for him, "I hope I didn't ruin something," she told Diamond. "Don't worry," said Diamond, "if they were meant to be, as I'm guessing that man is hoping, then he should stop flirting with everyone." After a couple seconds, they joined the rest. Dianna was still doing small hops, but Kouga had stopped playing her game. Her ears went down in a little pout. Then Kagome started talking, and they perked back up.
The well was all cleared, except for a few small extenshions at it's base. Kagome went to the edge, then called AJ, Jessica, and Dianna over to her. Shippou came with them, then hopped his way onto Kagome's shoulder. "Since you six have jewel shards in you, you should have no problem following me down the well." the girl said. She notice that everyone in the group looked very uneasy. "What is it," she inquired. "Well," said AJ, "our first experience with this whole time space continuum thingy wasn't the best. In fact, I'm afraid that we'll all get separated again." Dianna and Jessica shook their head's in agreement. Kagome noticed that all three of thier animals didn't look too happy. Wednesday's fur was a bit poofy. Diamond was shaking slightly, and Romeo shifted his balance from one foot to the next continuously. "Guys, it couldn't have been that bad," Kagome ventured, "and I can assure you that nothing will happen except we'll be near my house once we get back out." None of them looked any happier, but they did calm down a bit. Except for Dianna, who's right ear twitched. Then she said "Well, aren't we going?" Jessica looked at her in shock, "Aren't you afraid of what happened?" "Not really, Kagome said that nothing would happen. We're burning daylight." Kagome flinched on the inside, "Oh great," she thought, "she's starting to ACT like a Hanyou now. Man, why do they have to be so impatient?" AJ and Jessica had odd looks on their faces. "Is that you in there," asked AJ, knocking the side of Dianna's head softly with her fist, "aren't you usually the one telling us to not do things because something bad could happen?" Dianna pushed AJ's fist away so she'd stop knocking her head and said, "Yeah. But now I'm impatient. For one, I can smell all three of us. It isn't like rolling in a field of wildflowers. And apparently there are no baths in this era." Kagome had explained everything about where and when they were while they were walking to the well. At that point, Kouga had walked up to Dianna. Inuyasha had followed to make sure he wasn't going to lay a hand on Kagome. He stopped right behind the female Hanyou and said "Yeah, you all need to clean." Then he stopped for a bit and said, "I guess I'm finally going to meet your family, Kagome." Inuyasha pointed a clawed finger at Kouga and said "Who said he was going!" "I'm going because she's going," Kouga retaliated, poking Dianna's shoulder, "And you're not going to stop me. You can come with too if you're that worried." They were all silent for a moment, then Inuyasha said, "Okay. I'm going too." He didn't seem as angry as before. "Maybe he's finally getting the point that I'm not after his human," Kouga thought to himself, and did a small snort. With that said, Kagome turned to Miroku, Sango, and Kilala and said "Will you three be okay alone for a while?" Miroku waved and said "Yes. You guys stay as long as you like." Sango didn't say anything. Kilala pounced on one of her own tails. Kagome lifted an eyebrow "Is something wrong with Sango?", then instructed everyone how to leap into the well and not to lose track of her. With that, one at a time, they all lept in. Dianna, Jessica, and AJ holding their pet's to their chests for dear life.
