Chapter 4: A Fake
Somewhere deep in the woods, three demon ninjas met. One was named Kinato who had long light blonde hair up to his waist, the other was named Sinato who had short red hair that fell slightly above his shoulders and the other was named Linato who had dark black hair tied in a loose ponytail behind his back with bangs falling over his eyes.
"Is she the one?" Kinato asked his fellow comrades.
"Yes, her name is Kagome. Linato said he had gathered more information", Sinato replied.
"This girl is a miko and I've heard rumors that she is the reincarnation of the priestess, Kikyo. She can detect Shikon Shards and she is from 500 years into the future", Linato explained.
"From the future? How are we to get there? It seems almost impossible", Kinato retorted.
"There is a portal to her world. It is the bone eater's well to be precise. We need Shikon Shards to get there and back", Linato continued.
"We already have two Shikon shards, so that wouldn't be much of a problem", Sinato said.
"But how will we make her come with us? Surely her home must have more residents", Kinato inquired.
"That is not a problem. I have laid out a plan. It seems that this woman travels with a half-demon by the name of Inu Yasha. I will simply disguise myself as him with my shape-shifting ability and lure her out to the well. Then you two will grab her and we'll take her back with us to this era and make her detect jewel shards for us", Linato replied.
"Well, it's settled then. The sooner we go over to her era, the sooner we could collect Shikon shards", Kinato said, putting on a black ninja mask that went along with his black ninja uniform around his nose and mouth. The other two did the same and they took off towards the well.
"I hope everything's fine back at Kagome's era", Shippo said, looking down into the bone eater's well.
"I'm sure she'll be fine. Inu Yasha's there too, remember?" Sango reassured, not felling reassured at all herself.
"We shouldn't be wasting out time waiting for those two. We must pursue Naraku", Miroku replied.
"But without Kagome's jewel detecting power and Inu Yasha's strength, we're hopeless", Shippo answered, looking up at the monk.
"True enough, but we'll have to make the best of what we have", Miroku said, giving Shippo a smile.
Back in Kagome's era, Kagome led the two feuding brothers to her house. She closed the door in time to hear a car screeching to a halt in front of the steps. Kagome opened the door to see her mom, Sota and her grandpa step out of the blue car.
"Mom?" Kagome said, looking at her mother.
"Kagome? When did you come back?" Mrs. Higurashi asked, giving her daughter a hug while she still held a bag full of groceries in her arm.
"Just now", Kagome answered.
"Hey sis!" Sota exclaimed, skipping towards her.
"Hey", Kagome said back.
Mrs. Higurashi entered the house, followed by Sota and Jii-chan to find Inu Yasha and another demon who bore a huge resemblance of Inu Yasha having a glaring contest, not even blinking once.
"Hi Inu Yasha! And hi new person", Sota said enthusiastically, not noticing the tension between the two brothers.
Jii-chan entered the house third and his eyes widened at the new taiyoukai infront of him. He instantly took out a sutra from his shirt and threw it at Sesshomaru yelling, "demon be gone!"
Kagome rushed into the house to find a shocked mom, a confused brother, an amused half-demon, an angry taiyoukai and a horrified grandpa.
Sesshomaru caught the sutra in his hand before it hit him, burning it with his acidic venom emanating from his claws.
"Umm….Jii-chan, this is Sesshomaru and he'll be staying with us for a while along with Inu Yasha", Kagome quickly said.
"Oh. You should've said that to begin with then", Jii-chan answered, relief flooding his words.
"Awesome!" Sota yelled out, jumping inot the air. "Hey, Inu Yasha", Sota said.
"What?" Inu Yasha asked rudely.
"Could you teach me some of your moves like Sankontesso or Wind Scar or some punches and kicks? That'd be so neat!" Sota went on.
Inu Yasha let out a frustrated sigh. "Would this pest ever leave him alone?" he asked himself.
Mrs. Higurashi smiled and said, "they're always welcomed to stay. And Kagome, I need to talk to you….in private."
"Uh, okay", Kagome answered as she followed her mom into the kitchen.
"Why are they staying her?" Mrs. Higurashi questioned.
"We, unfortunately, can't get back to the other era", Kagome replied.
"Why not?"
"We need to have jewel shards to get back there and I left mine back at the other era."
"Then that leaves one more question."
"What is that?"
"Where in the world are they going to sleep? By the way they act, they don't get along very well, do they?"
"No, they don't. I'm going to be sharing my room. It won't be much of a problem", Kagome replied, looking at her mother's unconvinced face.
"Well that's a relief. Tell them to wash up so that they could come for lunch", Mrs. Higurashi said, heading out to the living room.
Kagome followed her mother out and found Sota firing questions at two annoyed half-brothers. Kagome chuckled at the look of disgust on Sesshomaru's face, which made him look towards her. Kagome straightened her face immediately, not wanting to anger the demon lord.
"You both should wash up for lunch. The bathroom is upstairs to the right", she said.
As soon as she said the last word, Inu Yasha raced upstairs in order to get there before Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru looked at the racing Inu Yasha and said in a cold voice, "pathetic, to think her could get there before me." With that, her became a silver blur going up the stairs with inhuman speed.
Sesshomaru got to the bathroom before Inu Yasha, whizzing past him halfway up the stairs.
"Bastard", Inu Yasha said, letting out a low growl.
"Feh", Sesshomaru said arrogantly and stepped into the bathroom. "Strange. I do not see any water springs in here", Sesshomaru said, looking around the bathroom.
"Stupid moron", Inu Yasha said. "It's over there", he pointed towards the toilet triumphantly, thinking it was a wash basin instead.
"Watch your mouth, hanyou", Sesshomaru threatened.
"You watch your mouth!" Inu Yasha yelled and brushed past Sesshomaru towards the toilet to wash his hands.
"I wonder what's taking them so long. I thought Inu Yasha knew how to operate a faucet", Kagome thought and went upstairs to find Inu Yasha starting to put his hands into the toilet.
"Nooooo! Stop Inu Yasha!" Kagome screamed so loudly, that Inu Yasha stumbled backwards, falling into the tub in surprise.
"What? You're the one who told us to wash!" Inu Yasha yelled, getting up from the tub.
"Inu Yasha, that's the toilet!" Kagome said in a high voice.
Sesshomaru smirked. "Who was calling who a stupid moron?"
"Shut up", Inu Yasha snapped.
"This is where you wash your hands", Kagome said, pointing to the sink. "This knob is for cold water and this knob is for hot water."
"I see. Intelligent technology", Sesshomaru said, testing the sink.
Kagome waited until Sesshomaru and Inu Yasha washed their hands to make sure they didn't kill each other for who gets to wash their hands first. Then, the three of them went downstairs to the dining table and took their places. Mrs. Higurashi served roast chicken pieces and they were down to the last one. Inu Yasha and Sesshomaru glared at each other for who gets the last piece.
"Not again", Kagome groaned.
After a bit of yelling and growling, Kagome took the piece for herself and ate it. After lunch, Sota said he wanted to go to the playground to meet some of his friends.
"You're going to have to take someone with you", Mrs. Higurashi said to Sota and looked expectantly at Kagome.
"Uh-uh. I've got a load of schoolwork to catch up to", Kagome said, heading up to her room. "Ask Inu Yasha to take him."
"Me? Why me?" Inu Yasha said, frowning.
"Come on, Inu Yasha. I'll show you to my friends", Sota said, pulling on Inu Yasha's arm, making him edge towards the door.
"Wait, Inu Yasha", Kagome said and raced to her mother's room and brought out a green colored cap. "You don't want to walk out with your dog ears in public", she said, placing the hat on Inu Yasha's head, covering his ears.
"Why me? Why me? Why me? Why me?" Inu Yasha mumbled to himself angrily as he went out the door.
Sesshomaru sat on the couch, turning on the television, managing to find out how the remote worked, and flipped through the channels to see if he could find anything interesting and finally found a channel with a horror movie and was immersed in it.
Kagome went to her room and sat down at her desk when she heard someone come into her room. She turned her head towards the door and was surprised to see Inu Yasha in the doorway without his cap.
"Back already? Where's your cap?" Kagome asked, resuming her work.
"Uh…..I lost it. Anyways, come on. We need to get back to the feudal era", Inu Yasha said, taking a hold of Kagome's hand.
"Huh? But, we can't. We don't have the jewel shards", Kagome said, utterly confused at Inu Yasha's behavior.
"I got some", he answered, showing her two shards in his palm.
"Where in the world did you get those?" Kagome asked, looking at the glowing shards.
"I'll explain later. Come on", Inu Yasha said, dragging Kagome out of her room.
Kagome followed him downstairs and noticed Inu Yasha glancing nervously at Sesshomaru, who was watching T.V. intently, his face clearly showing that he was enjoying the movie.
"Hey, Sesshomaru. We could get back to your era now. Inu Yasha's got some shards", Kagome said to Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru got up from the couch and followed Kagome and Inu Yasha to the well. Just when they were at the well house, Sesshomaru punched Inu Yasha in the chest and took a hold of his neck and threw him to a tree, horrifying Kagome.
A/N: please review!
