A/N: I've been in a funk lately. I just have no inspiration for writing. I'm still writing though, no problems there. It's just coming at a crawl.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. I don't even own the damn computer I'm typing this on.
Chapter seven
"About time they got back!" Shippo said. Kagome and Miroku looked up from the game of cards they were playing and saw Rin holding hands with Inuyasha and Sango, looking as happy as any child her age should be. Inuyasha was smiling, happy to listen to anything Rin said and Sango was also smiling, happy just to listen to the girl talk.
"I guess they patched things up." Miroku said, feeling a little guilty for the comment he made earlier.
"Soooo… Are you guys okay now?" Kagome asked a little hesitantly, so as to not cause anymore troubles for the two.
"Yeah we're fine now. It was just a big misunderstanding." Sango said, looking at Rin and then at Inuyasha.
Hoping to catch Inuyasha in a good mood, Kagome asked. "So, can we go to Kaede's now?"
"God, Woman! You always want to go back to your own time! You know it's your own fault that we have to look for the jewel shards, since you're the one that broke them. But, all you want to do is go back!" Inuyasha yelled.
"You don't have to rub it in!" Kagome yelled back. "And besides, I've only been back a couple of times, and those times weren't even that long! I spend more time here then I do at home!"
"Yep, everything's back to normal" Shippo said.
"SIT BOY!"
"Yep, I'll have to agree with you there, Shippo." Miroku said.
"We're going and that's final!" Kagome yelled.
"Fine, fine. Whatever, let's just go." Inuyasha said, heading towards Kaede's village.
On their way to Kaede's village, everyone was walking in content silence. Inuyasha was leading the group with Sango and Rin walking behind him holding hands, with Kilala on Sango's shoulder. Kagome was riding her bicycle with Shippo in the basket eating some candy Kagome had brought with her the last time she went to her time. And Miroku… Well, Miroku just had a look in his face, like he didn't have a care in the world.
Rin already bored with the silence, started to ask questions. "Sango, what did Inuyasha mean when he said 'go back to your own time'?"
"Well, I think Kagome comes from a different era, where she can go to with the use of the well." Sango answered.
"Can you go there, Sango?"
"No, I can't. I don't quite understand why, but only Kagome and Inuyasha can go through the well into the different era."
"You mean Kagome is from the future?"
"Smart girl, it took me a while to actually to believe Kagome was from the future." Inuyasha said, finally joining the conversation.
"That, and the fact you're stupid." Shippo said.
"Shut it, Shippo!" Inuyasha yelled. Shippo immediately cowarded behind Kagome to avoid the hanyou's wrath.
"Can I go?" Rin asked.
"Go where? Kagome's time?" Sango asked. Rin nodded.
"I don't think you would want to go even if you could go." Inuyasha said.
"Why's that?" Sango asked for Rin. She really wanted to what was so different about Kagome's time that Inuyasha didn't like.
"Well, first off, it stinks compared to here. It's also really noisy and there are too many people and…" Inuyasha continued to rant why the future was so bad.
"So, I'm guessing I shouldn't go, even if I could go." Rin said.
"Well, I don't think it's that bad. I just think Inuyasha has something against cars." Kagome said, ignoring what Inuyasha was still ranting about.
"Cars?" Rin asked.
"They're basically ox carriages, except they're made of metal, don't use animals to pull it, and they move a lot faster." Kagome answered.
Apparently, Inuyasha was done ranting on why the future sucked and looked at Kagome. "I have nothing against cars." Inuyasha said trying to think of an excuse. "They just move too slow." Ha, try to counter that, wench!
"So, is that why you tried to attack one when one of those cars almost hit you?" Kagome said, smirking as to say "try to get out of that one, dog boy!"
"W-well that's different!" He tried to reason. "I thought it was a demon!"
"Yeah, sure. Whatever you say Inuyasha." Kagome said. Point for me. "We're almost there anyways. And Rin, if you want to try, I guess we can see if you can go through the well." Kagome said, looking at the girl.
Rin immediately brightened. "Really!"
"Yes, really" Kagome said smiling. Rin's smiles we're really infectious.
Inuyasha's group had finally gotten to Kaede's village. Kids were playing; men and women were doing daily chores to provide for their families. It seemed to be a peaceful day.
"Why's it called Kaede's village?" Rin asked as soon as they entered in the village.
"Oooh… so that's what I forgot to talk about." Kagome said.
"Well, Rin" Sango said picking off where Kagome left off. "Kaede is the priestess of this village."
"Priestess? Is she pretty?" Rin asked. Inuyasha at that point started to laugh his head off. Rin didn't know what was so funny; all she asked was if the priestess was pretty. In all the stories that she had heard with a priestess in it, the priestess was supposed to be very beautiful. Not finding any humor in the situation, Rin started to pout.
Noticing Rin's pout, Inuyasha explained himself. "Hardly, she's an old hag!"
"Inuyasha!" Sango reprimanded. "Show respect to your elders."
"Lady Sango," Miroku began. "You seem to forget that Inuyasha here is older than Kaede." He mentally chuckled in the humor that they didn't respect Inuyasha either.
"Besides, I knew Kaede since she was a little girl." Inuyasha said with a smile.
"Is she nice?" Rin asked, having bad experiences with old women before.
"I guess you can say she's nice. She's a good cook, though." After he said that, Rin's stomach rumbled. Embarrassed, Rin blushed and held her stomach.
"Hungry, huh?" Sango said.
"Uh-huh."
"Well, we're almost there anyways. So let's hurry up so we can eat." Inuyasha said. He then picked her up and with the group, walked toward Kaede's house.
When the group neared the house Inuyasha yelled. "Hey, old woman! Get some food ready, we're hungry!" That earned him a giggle from Rin and a glare from Kagome.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled, appalled by the level of disrespect he was showing to the elderly woman. "Rin. Get off his back."
"Oh, all right." And Rin got off Inuyasha's back.
Inuyasha started to panic, silently pleading to Rin to get back here, but to no avail. Oh crap. He thought. Oh crap indeed.
"Inuyasha, she's been nice to you! The least you can do is show her some respect!" Kagome yelled, apparently done with yelling at him at the moment, thinking that was the only punishment, Inuyasha sighed in relief.
She's not going to sit me for once. He thought.
"SIT BOY!" she yelled. And Inuyasha went down hard, I mean, the crater was huge.
"Ummm, Kagome?" Shippo asked a little timidly. "Is there something wrong, other than Inuyasha?"
"Nope, nothing at all." She answered with a smile showing that she was the happiest person in the world. Everyone sweat dropped, except Inuyasha. He was still trying to get his face out the ground.
Yep, something's wrong, they all thought.
"Hello, children." Kaedesaid, suddenly appearing behind them. "About time you get here…" Inuyasha started, and then he looked at Kagome, who was glaring at him. "… Priestess Kaede" he finished.
"Yes, yes. You'll get food. Just get the wood cut and the fire started and dinner will be made."
Inuyasha then set off to get the wood ready. Sango and Rin helped Kaede with preparing the food. Shippo and Kilala went to play with the villages children. Kagome said that she wanted to go for a walk and walked in the direction of the Bone eaters well. Miroku said he would go for walk also; however he went in the direction of the village, undoubtedly going to flirt with women.
Dinner had already started and everyone was there, besides Kagome and Miroku.
"What's taking them so long?" Inuyasha said, getting impatient. He wanted to eat damn it!
"I don't know, Inuyasha. She was acting strange, maybe she's still venting." Sango answered.
"Well, anyways, I'm going to get her." Inuyasha said getting up.
"Can I come?" Rin asked hopefully.
"No, stay with Sango. This won't take long." And he was off toward the direction Kagome went when she had her walk.
He picked up her scent and noticed it was almost gone, as in she hadn't returned yet. He decided to venture farther in the woods until he got to the Bone eaters well, where the scent was the strongest. As he got closer to the well, he noticed that the smell also went inside the well.
Inuyasha then thought of something. She went home. She was gone.
"Dammit."
That's the end folks. This is the final chapter of Alternate beginnings. How's that for a crappy ending!
As you can probably tell, I kind of lost inspiration to write.
