Chapter 3: Encounters

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Previously on - Shikon no Tama of Four Worlds:

Have they? YES! They have finally arrived! Kagome's friends, Kida, Natasha and Tanis are now in Japan. Souta has a crush on Natasha, and Kagome feels self-conscious about the way she hasn't developed like her friends. Kagome feels something is wrong at the Bone Eaters Well and she is pulled in by none other than Kagura who steals the Sacred Jewel! Tanis, Kida and Natasha feels the same thing that Kagome did, and they go to check up on her and they find out that she has fallen in the well. Natasha, seeing that there was no other alternative, falls backwards into the well, taking Kida and Tanis with her!

Now… the continuation of: Shikon no Tama of Four Worlds

(Feudal Era – Early Afternoon – Friday)

Kagome stirs out of her unconscious state of mind with her eyes landing on InuYasha and Miroku. Miroku was heading toward Kaede's village to check up on Shippo when he heard InuYasha yell "wind scar". His first reaction was to see what was going on. For the past month, Miroku's right hand has been giving him terrible pain, and he remembered what InuTashio told him about how the wind tunnel will come back more powerful than before. 'Why does this have to happen to me?' His mind grumbled. His other reason for checking up on Shippo was because he hasn't seen Sango for about a week, and he missed her desperately. 'How I would love to receive another painful slap across my face for rubbing on Sango's buoyant hind. It would be well worth it.' He thought.

InuYasha just wanted Kagome to wake up already! 'Please Kagome…' he kept repeating to himself inside his head. Her eyes sprang open, and she started to sit up. She places a hand on her head motioning that she had a headache. Miroku took a clean rag he had and wet it with some water he had with him, and placed it on her head. "Try not to move Kagome. Give yourself time to get back up on your feet." InuYasha said out of worry. Kagome quickly reached for her necklace that held the sacred jewel, but it wasn't there! "Oh…No! Kagura stole the jewel!" She busted out. "Damn it! How did she get through the well in the first place Kagome?" InuYasha barked. Kagome didn't know how. The question was who told her about coming through the well. "InuYasha…SIT BOY!" He landed face first in the dirt on the ground. With him barking at her, she couldn't think.

Her thoughts were interrupted however when she thought about her friends still back in Modern day Japan. "InuYasha…we will discuss this later. I have to go back now. You understand I'm sure!" Kagome quickly got up, and was about to jump inside of the well when she heard familiar voices. 'No way! It can't be them! How were they able to follow me here?' her mind wondered. "You stupid bitch! Didn't I tell you that falling into the well on purpose was dangerous?" Kida yelled at Natasha. "Well it's too late now, we're already down here…and who are you calling a bitch!" Natasha yelled back. "If you both don't stop it right this second, I will cordially place my foot up your ASSES!" Tanis snapped. It made both girls shut completely up. They never heard Tanis talk like that before. She was always considered to be the wisest out of all of them, and her advice was always correct. "Now, if you would stop with your bickering and just look around the well, you will see that Kagome is not down here. Also, we have another problem. The well was located inside of a shrine, and now there is sunlight and vines sneaking inside of the well…don't you guys find this hard to believe?" Tanis revealed to them.

Both girls took a good look at their surroundings. They couldn't believe it! Kida saw something move above the well, and it was Kagome. "Hey, Kagome! Your ok!" She yelled up to her. Kagome, still in shock that her friends could follow her, answered back, "Yeah…I'm just fine. How did you know that I fell in the well?" she asked out of curiosity. "We noticed that there was blood, so we just followed the trail all the way to you." answered Natasha. Tanis noticed that Kagome was holding on to her right arm, so she decided to use the vines to climb out of the well. Kida and Natasha followed her lead, and soon, all of them were out of the well. When they saw Miroku and InuYasha, both parties were completely speechless. The girls looked at InuYasha with such curiosity, that Kida and Natasha's first reaction was grabbing his ears. Tanis and Kagome laughed at the way InuYasha was getting angry. Miroku looked at the girls as if he was in a Geisha House or something. He thought to himself, "Who are these lovely beauties! I've never seen other humans who looked like them before…so attractive…and I cannot believe how huge the browned skinned girl's hind end is! And what about the girl with the blonde hair…' His thoughts were interrupted when the girl with the red hair approached him. "Hi. I'm Kida…Kagome's friend, and you are?

Miroku's eyes twinkled at her, and he responded, "My name is Miroku, and I am a monk and your slave…do to me what you will…be gentle, or rough…personally, I couldn't care less, just…have your way with me!" Kida gave him an odd stare, and he got a response back that he just wasn't expecting. "All right…Miroku…will you impregnate me with your children?" His eyes lit up like a fireplace. He grabbed her hand, and started to walk towards a huge tree located east of InuYasha's forest, but he didn't go far at all, because Kida hit him on top of his head so hard, that a large lump formed. "Are you crazy! You can't take a joke or what! You really thought I was serious didn't you! I'm only 16 years old, and I didn't graduate high school yet, you pervert!" Kida informed him. Kagome and Natasha laughed so hard at both of them, and InuYasha grumbled to himself, "What an idiot…even I knew that she was kidding around."

After everything was calm, they all properly introduced themselves to InuYasha and Miroku. InuYasha liked the fact of knowing that humans came in all kinds of "colors" and strangely enough, they made him feel a little bit more content with the fact that he was half-demon. He wondered how things would have been for him back when he was a young child if they knew that humans were so diverse in different cultures and colors. Miroku was in such a perverted state of mind, that he wondered how it would feel to bed all three of them. He wondered if Tanis tasted like sweet chocolate, Kida like fresh berries, and Natasha like succulent milk.

During the introductions, Tanis was examining Kagome's arm, and noticed that the incision was rather large. "Kagome, I need to take care of this wound right away…I'm afraid that it will become infected." Tanis grabbed her necklace and it revealed a jewel that was similar to the sacred jewel, except, it was silver. InuYasha, Miroku, and Kagome looked at it with wonder and confusion. "It looks just like the sacred jewel!" Kagome yelled out loud. "Let me see!" InuYasha yelled. He looked at the jewel, and then the flashback of what his father told him came rushing back. 'The jewel has been separated from it's three other main traits…' Miroku looked as well, and he informed Kagome and InuYasha, that what InuTaisho said is very true about how the jewel separated itself. Natasha and Kida looked at each other, and then they both pulled out their necklaces at the same time. Everyone's eyes opened wide as they looked. Natasha's jewel was blue, and Kida's was red.

"Umm…excuse me but…what the hell is a 'sacred jewel', and second…where in the world did you guys find those?" asked Tanis. Natasha and Kida had the same response, "In my room on the dresser." Kida, Natasha and Tanis all stared at each other for what seemed like forever, then Tanis said, "I found my necklace the exact same way." All was quiet for a minute, and then Miroku decided to explain what the sacred jewel was. While he was explaining, Tanis, for some strange reason, felt the jewel tell her to place it on Kagome's wound, and she did it without question. Her wound healed itself, and everyone was stunned! "Yep…that's the jewel all right!" commented InuYasha.

After everything was explained about the true function of the jewel, they decided to walk to Kaede's home to check on Shippo. Kagome explained to them on the way there how she ended up being in this "certain" predicament. The girls couldn't believe what they were hearing! "So, are you trying to tell us, that you are the reincarnation of a priestess back in this time, and you were pulled inside of the well by a demon who sensed the sacred jewel inside of your body because the priestesses body was burned with the jewel when she died?" asked Natasha. "That's right!" said Kagome cheerfully. She was so happy that she could confide in her best friends about what was happening in her life that she couldn't help but to be happy. 'Now I can share my feelings with my friends from my own time!' she thought happily.

InuYasha explained to them that they will be in danger if they stayed because of a powerful demon named Naraku who is after the jewel to make himself the most powerful demon alive! He told the girls that since the jewel was separated, that Naraku's threat was quite limited, but if he ever found out about their sacred jewels, that he would stop at nothing until he has them. InuYasha also reminded Kagome that since he has her jewel now, that he would more than likely find out that the other traits are missing, and he would go after her. "I don't think so!" Tanis blurted out. She continued, "Nobody endangers my friends and gets away with it!" Kagome looked at Tanis and saw such fierceness in her eyes. 'She's serious about it too!' Kagome thought to herself.

"You got that right, girl! Kagome, we will always be here to protect you, even though we wished that you would have told us this when this all happened, but that's in the past now…or is it the future…anyway, we're with you now, and we wouldn't let a human, let alone a demon, harm you. We got your back!" said Kida who was now hyped up on adrenaline. "And just how do you plan on doing that? You're all only human and would only get in the way." Replied InuYasha quite smugly. Natasha gave him a very cold stare and she said back to him, "You don't know us very well." After that was said, Natasha walked in front of them toward the village that was just over the clearing.

They finally arrived at the village, and the three girls were getting a lot of strange stares. "Why don't they just take a picture, it would last longer!" yelled Kida. Natasha nudged her to be quiet, "Kida…don't be stupid." Tanis actually enjoyed them staring at her, and she was quite relieved that she remembered what her sophomore teacher taught her about village life in old day Japan. She actually started to have a conversation with some of the kids who were very curious. Miroku looked at Tanis and smiled, "Ah…so she likes to meet new people." He said to Kagome. "Oh yes…she has always been like that. When we were kids, Tanis was the first one to talk to me." She responded.

They now have reached Kaede's home, and they knocked before they entered. Kaede was hovering over a pot of food, and Sango had finally made it there and she was sitting next to Shippo, watching him. Kilara was lounging next to Sango, and Shippo was awake and eating some of the food that Kaede prepared. "Kagome!" Shippo said loudly. She walked over to him, and bent down to pick him up for a hug. "Nice to see you again as well Shippo!" she said. Kaede and Sango were in shock when they saw the three girls standing before them in strange clothes. Kida introduced herself first. "Good day! My name is Kida Bazwali…and from the looks on your faces, I see that you have never seen someone like me before, but rest assured that I am human." Next was Tanis, "My name is Tanis Thomas…well…Thomas, Tanis here…and I also am human. Nice to make your acquaintance." Lastly, was Natasha, "Hi! My name is Natasha Hitler…" she was interrupted by laughter. Natasha sharply turned towards Kida, knowing that it was nobody but her making fun of her last name again. She continued, "AND…I am human. Very nice to meet you all." Sango stood up and so did Kaede. They both bowed and introduced themselves as well.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Sango, and this is Kilara, my companion." She said as she pointed to Kilara. Miroku ran up to her and grabbed both of her hands, "And when will you let me be your personal companion, my sweet Sango." He said as his hand wondered to her plump derrière, giving it a nice, tight squeeze. Sango grabbed her "Hiriakose" (I hope I spelled that right), and popped him one good time on his head, giving him and extra bump next to the one he received earlier from Kida. "And who did you ask to bear your children this time, monk!" Sango said after observing the other bruise. Kida walked over to them and said, "It was me…I did it." Sango gave her a good look, and laughed while giving Kida some of her sake that was in a cup. "Kida…I think you and I are going to be very good friends indeed!" They both sat down next to each other, and Kida started to pet Kilara behind her ear, which she liked very much.

Kaede introduced herself next, "I'm Kaede and welcome to my home. May I ask ye how ye were able to travel in the well?" Tanis answered her saying, "We have no idea. All we know is that we figured that Kagome fell inside of the well, and out of worry, we kind of followed her…to say the least." Kaede looked the girls over and she really wondered if they had something to do with the sacred jewel. She noticed that all three girls had a necklace around their necks that held a jewel, but they were all different colors. 'So the rumors are true! The jewel really did separate itself.' Kaede thought. "Come child; let me get a good look at ye." She beckoned to Tanis. She sat down next to Kaede, and she examined the jewel. She saw that it was silver, the color of wisdom. Next, Kaede beckoned for Natasha, and she saw that hers was blue, the color of friendship. She looked over at Kida, and saw that hers was red, the color of love.

Kaede had an explanation as to why they were able to follow Kagome. She told them that it was because of the jewels around their necks. "Those jewels are your passage to these times, and as long as ye have them, ye will be able to go to and fro." Kagome thought for a moment, 'Kagura has my jewel! How will I be able to go home!' "What about Kagome? Can't she go back home if she wanted to?" asked Natasha. Kaede responded back saying, "as long as Kagome has her jewel, she can as well." She looked at Kagome's expression and then she asked her, "Ye do have the jewel, right?" Kagome gave her an exacerbated look and answered kind of reluctantly, "Well…you see, Kagura was somehow able to travel through the well and now…well…she stole my jewel from me." Kaede gave a look of despair. Tanis walked over to Kagome and placed a hand on her shoulder saying, "Don't worry. Well get your jewel back no matter how long it takes." Kagome smiled up to her saying, "Thanks for saying that, Tanis."

InuYasha, during the whole "introduction" thing was just lying on the floor…waiting…and waiting…and waiting some more. He was ready to go after Kagura or Naraku for that matter because he knew that she probably gave it to him anyway. During the introductions, Shippo was just happy that Kagome came back to see him. He also now knew why it took her so long to come back. He liked Kagome's friends because they were nice to him just like Kagome was. However, he was still feeling very ill, so he laid back down on the futon, for some much needed rest after Kagome gave him some more medicine.

Kida stood up, and walked towards Tanis who was now eating a bowl of what Kaede made. "Hey Tanis…since we are going to be here for a while, do you think that we should go back and get our "supplies" if you know what I'm hinting at?" Tanis placed her bowel down, and stood up on her feet. She replied, "Your right. All three of us could use our weapons here. But…what about Kagome? How will she get back?" Kagome and Natasha walked toward them as if they could feel the heat of their conversation. "Just make sure you get my backpack that is near my bed. Everything I need is in there." said Kagome. Natasha gave her a sympathetic look, "I just don't want to leave you here by your…nevermind! I forgot about InuYasha. I'm sure that he'll protect you." Kagome gave Natasha a hug, then Kida, then Tanis. "You guys just hurry back, ok?" They all answered her saying, "We will."

Chapter 3 end

Well! That's it for chapter 3! Please review and tell me what you think! Thanks again for the great review Megan!  Chapter 4 is coming soon, so watch out of it! AnimeDyme