Chapter Six: An Unexpected Visitor

Wow, there are a lot of characters in this chapter! By the way, I answered questions that were posted in the chapter five reviews at the bottom of the page.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Inu-Yasha.

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Kagome smiled happily as she shoved her math binder into her already overflowing backpack. She was going back to the feudal era. The feudal era that she knew.

The ointment was gone; she didn't know how, but what was it to her how the ointment had gotten cleaned away? All that mattered was that it was gone, just as she would be in a couple of minutes.

She began to hum cheerfully.

A voice from outside interrupted her thoughts, and lifted her already high spirits.

"Inu-Yasha," Kagome called merrily. She ran to the window and struggled to undo the latch. When she had finally pulled the window open she leaned out and grinned at what she saw.

Inu-Yasha stood below her looking both upset and a little queasy. "What did you do to the well," he asked thickly.

"Not my fault," she replied, laughing. "Gramps decided to bring me home for the math test by spreading bog slime infused with demon hatred all around the shrine. It's gone now, but I guess you can still smell it, huh?"

"Guh," Inu-Yasha mumbled. "It's awful."

"It was pretty bad," Kagome agreed. "Not very pretty either."

Inu-Yasha shook himself and tried to make his brain work again.

"For the last couple of years you have been returning to us after only half a day. Why didn't you come back," he asked as he began to organize his now scattered thoughts.

Kagome sighed. "Something happened…I'm not really sure what, but I don't really want to explain it twice. I'll tell you once we get back."

"Are you all right," Inu-Yasha questioned.

"Yeah," Kagome answered. "I'm perfectly okay. In fact, I'm ready to go now."

"Alright then. Come on."

"Coming," Kagome replied.

She gently closed the window. Turning around, Kagome stepped forward for her knapsack. She pulled one strap up over her shoulder and then sped down the stairs. She walked through the living room and then the kitchen. When she reached the front door she shouted out a goodbye before stepping out into the fading sunlight."

Inu-Yasha was almost at the shrine by the time Kagome had closed and locked the door to the house. "Well, let's go," he shouted. "The sun will be setting soon. Another day wasted."

Kagome rolled her eyes and ran to catch up with him. Together they descended the steps leading to the well.

"Are you ready," inquired a slightly cross-eyed Inu-Yasha. Up close the smell was almost unbearable.

Kagome giggled. "Yep, I'm ready."

"Ok, then let's get the hell out of here."

Kagome gracefully jumped over the side of the well, with Inu-Yasha just behind her.

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Sesshomaru hadn't spent long in his state of confusion. He had pulled himself together after a minute, and had immediately started walking to the well that he had found the human female in. If this was what it was going to take to gain complete freedom, then he would do it.

What a disgrace it was though! To be seen aiding a human would be hard enough, but to be seen helping the same human for however long this test was to be? That would be torture. For the life of him, he couldn't understand why he had helped the girl in the first place.

Sesshomaru stopped where he was and smelled the air, searching for the human…he could pick up the scent of other humans in the vicinity of the well, but her scent was gone. His brow furrowed in annoyance; she had escaped the well on her own.

How aggravating.

He was not one to dwell on minor setbacks however, and so it was that Sesshomaru soon found himself heading in the direction of the nearest village.

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"Alright Kagome, as soon as we get out of the well I want to know what the hell you meant when you said that 'there was a problem' getting through the well." Now that the smell of the ointment was fading, Inu-Yasha was returning to his normal self.

He leapt out of the well, and was immediately greeted by Miroku, Sango, and Shippo.

"Was Kagome able to come back with you, or did she still have work to do back in her own era," Miroku inquired.

"She's back," Inu-Yasha stated.

"Welcome back Kagome," Sango called, rising up from the rock that she was sitting on.

Her shout was met only by silence.

"Kagome," she said. "Kagome?"

Still nothing.

"Feh," Inu-Yasha scoffed, returning to the well. He looked down, expecting to see Kagome pull herself out of the well at any moment.

But she did not.

The four were quiet for a moment.

Miroku was the first to speak. "Inu-Yasha, did you not say that Lady Kagome had come back with you?"

"She did…" Inu-Yasha was dumbfounded.

Sango and Miroku exchanged looks of incredulity.

"Inu-Yasha," Sango said gently. "Is it possible that Kagome could have stayed in her own time? She may have wished to spend some time with her family."

Inu-Yasha shook his head, still staring into the empty well. "She jumped in right before I did—oh, fuck."

The rest of the group looked up from the well, their attention now focused on Inu-Yasha.

He swore again and then explained, "Kagome told me just before we left that she had had some sort of problem with the well before…"

"And you let her go down it anyway," Sango said flatly.

Inu-Yasha swallowed. "Well…um…yes."

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Kagome placed a hand against the sturdy siding of the well.

"Darn it," she murmured. "I'm back in the distant past again."

Shuffling noises above her alerted her to the presence of several people fixed around the well.

She shrank back into the corner of the well. It was too dark for them to see her if she just kept still…but then I'll never get out, Kagome realized. No, it's time for me to take a chance. I hope that they will help…

"Excuse me," Kagome said. "But could you possibly—"

She cut off as an arrow whizzed past her head.

"Hey," she cried indignantly. "You almost hit me!"

"Don't move, we have you surrounded," came a chorus of voices.

"What do you think," she heard them say. "Is she the demon, or not?"

"I am not a demon," Kagome yelled.

"Let's take her to Lady Asherah," one of the men whispered.

At this there were sounds of agreement. "Yes, you are right, Lady Asherah will know what to do with it."

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Now, on to reviews!

InuAva- Good, I'm so glad!

Gothic Lust- You're right. Although Sesshomaru looks as though he is fourteen or fifteen, he is actually older. I'm not sure exactly how old he really is though, since I don't know how human years compare to demon years. I'll ask him.

Kat: Sesshomaru! Could you answer a question for me really fast?

Sesshomaru: What is this question?

Kat: I was just wondering how old you are.

Sesshomaru: Did no one ever teach you that it is rude to ask a being's age, human?

Kat: Er, heh, heh, just kidding! Never mind…

Kagura134- Wow! Every time I turn around, I have another review from you! Thank you!