Love of Friends

Chapter 5: The return of the King err Kag... Noooo, the return of Kagome!

BC: 9/30/2006 I'm in the process of getting out chapter 16 and decided to take some time to revamp the first 15 chapters again. 1-4 was done a long time ago, but I stopped before 5. Now I'm doing it!

QJP: So... no more inexplicable tripping?

BC: Nope nope. I think that year long break cured it.

PLP: In other words, it was another plot device you became bored with.

BC: Ah... heh heh. (Hand on back of head) Maybe. By the way, a couple chaps back, you two sent Baka-chan to Bear's Woods, and took my 'portable pit of honey.' Didn't you?

QJP: Yeah. But he wasn't eaten. He found the sign before he could be.

Baka-chan: (Has been in the room the whole time) I'm right here, you know!

PLP: So?

Baka-chan: Grr.

BC: There aren't really any bears. It was just named that so that no FF Truth or Dare writers would want to buy it.

QJP: How would that stop them? It sounds like the perfect place to force anime characters into playing a game and trying to not get eaten.

BC: Well see, a long time ago the legend went that the bears can't be controlled by writers because some writer brought in bears to protect against rabid fan-girls. It was also said that some of these bears escaped and held grudges against the FF community. Thus making the FF writers prime targets for vengeful bears.

PLP: Ah, so why'd you buy it?

BC: I had a TorD fic before, remember? I figured it'd be a good place for my lair, but now it's been abandoned. I like my new Lair, this lair, better. More room, and the Cricket Army is happier here.

Baka-chan: Wait, that was your property!?

BC: Uh... uh... (Drops portable pit of honey and enlarges it)

Baka-chan: (Falls in) Guahhh! Gurgle... gurgle...

BC: (With British accent) Will he float, or will he sink?

QJP: BC, what are you copying?

BC: (Pushes pointer fingertips together) I show called Brainiac. They do all sorts of nifty experiments. Involving thermite and chemicals and...

QJP: Actually, I don't want to know.

BC: Ok, R&R please!

Baka-chan: Help! Gurgle...

Kagome was sobbing hard now. She was far past crying, but Sango knew... this wasn't for Inuyasha. This was something... devastating. Whatever was clenching at Kagome's heart, filling her with pain, was deeply felt. She knew it. She had felt it herself when her brother... now wasn't the time for her past to come up. "Kagome... why are you like this? What's wrong?"

Kagome finally manages to compose herself. She felt numb, and really didn't want to talk about it, "It's... it's nothing. Why would you think there was something wrong?"

Sango steps forward, pointing to her face. "Really Kagome, do I look that much like a fool? You have me confused with another, like Miroku. Or maybe Kouga? Though you could think I was Inuyasha... no, wait a moment. The other two make more sense. They have dark hair at least. Even if Totosai was half blind he could tell the difference between us... now will you speak?"

"Sango, It's not anything... I just can't..."

She sits down calmly, and wasn't one to be deterred. Not now at least, "You are either going to tell me right now or, and I mean this, I will tell Inuyasha just how you feel about him."

Kagome turns to stare, eyes puffy as well as wide in shock, "You wouldn't dare!"

"Do you really want to take the chance? A lot can happen if you run off to your own time..."

She lifts her hands in defeat, "All right! You win, but... you might not understand."

"I do not need to understand... just to know."

"You sound like Miroku... no wonder you love him so much."

Sango folds her arms, "Kagome... you are changing the subject. I'm not about to fall for that trick."

"Fine. Well..." She leans back to look up at the sky, "It's a... a memory. From my past..."

"Yes... so far I still understand."

Kagome looks to her friend and away from the pleasant blue above, "I thought you wanted me to talk?"

"Oh, Kagome, please continue... I didn't mean to interrupt."

She lets out a sigh, "Sango..."

"I am just trying to help. I thought an antic might raise your spirits, I do want you to continue."

Kagome lets out a small smile, "It happened when my brother... well, he was still just a baby. I wasn't too old either, probably around Shippo's age. We were at a relative's house for a big family gathering, and I had just learned to be unafraid of water. I was so happy; I could swim like the "big kids." I was standing by the pool watching the light shining off..."

"A pool?"

"It's like... a lake, though a lot smaller. People make them near their homes."

"Ahh..." Sango gives her head a shake; she still didn't get it.

"I was by a deeper end and... was pushed into the water. I couldn't breath, couldn't shout... all because of a stupid toy..."

"Toy?"

"A cousin of mine said I lost it. When I denied it, he got... upset, and pushed me in. I didn't know what to do. I got scared and started breathing in water. Then I passed out. When I woke up, people were running all around in search of an amb... someone to help, my Mother was holding me in her arms while on the ground. My Grandfather was saying some sort of charm. He hasn't stopped believing that they work. I can still see the relief in their faces when I woke." Her eyes had a hard look in them, "I could hear that cousin... he said I deserved to get all wet. He laughed, didn't see how much danger I was in. I deserved it for what I did to his toy."

"Kagome..."

"What? You think I'm dumb for getting mad at Inuyasha?"

"It was, unfair..."

"He's the unfair one, what he did to Shippo..."

"Kagome, taking your anger out on someone else is not a good thing. Inuyasha didn't push you under."

"But..."

Sango shakes her head, "Kagome what you said... it bothered him. It wasn't like a Sit... but like taking an arrow and slowly cutting him from the inside out."

"Why? He did worry about the jewel more!"

"Kagome, even Miroku has seen Inuyasha's heart widen. He's helped people before without your "gentle" proddings."

"Gentle proddings?"

"Fine, Sits... He comes up with bad excuses and puts up a fight, but he still helps them."

Kagome lets out a reluctant sigh, "I... I know Sango. He still tried to drown Shippo though."

"He did. Well, are you finally ready to make up with him yet?"

"I'm... going home for a bit. I need some time to calm down. And maybe something special... I gotta run Sango!" The words freshly out of her mouth, Kagome hops down the well leaving a bewildered Sango in her wake.

The demon exterminator scrambles to the edge calling out to Kagome, but too late. She was well into her own time.

Sango walks back to the camp slowly. There wasn't much else she could do. Inuyasha wasn't the type to start sobbing and begging for information. He'd probably do no more then sulk. Fighting through vegetation, she stops on the verge of camp. There wasn't a sound to be heard. Stepping closer, Sango saw Inuyasha sitting on the ground with his back to her. She was about to go over when she felt a hand grab hold of her arm that was both pleasantly and unpleasantly familiar.

"Sango... it may not be the best thing to do."

She turns to the monks face sharply, "Why do you say that?"

No answer was needed. As soon as Sango had turned, she saw why. Shippo was embedded partially into a tree not too far away. He was upside-down and a distance from the ground. "Did Inuyasha really do that?"

Miroku gives a nod, "Indeed. He insisted on trying to talk to Inuyasha and his remark was taken badly..."

"What did he say?"

"I believe it was, "Wow Inuyasha. Even you didn't deserve that!" Afterwards I tried to speak with Inuyasha... but no matter how I tried, I was ignored."

"Remind me not to..." She stops, her attention diverting.

Miroku blinks, "Is something wrong, Sango?"

Sango tugs at her arm, a bit angry. "Why won't you let go?"

He follows his arm still clutching at her wrist, "Ahhh!" He drops it in a heartbeat, "I am sorry... I didn't realize. My attention was on other things."

Sango turns away slightly, blushing. "It's...alright r-really."

"Uhhh... Owwwww."

The demon slayer's head turns, "Oh, Shippo!" Sango rushes to the young demon's side. "Are you alright?"

Shippo may have slid down the tree, but he wasn't ready to get up just yet. "I... think so?"

Miroku looks to the girl his thoughts were centered on forlornly. "Are you sure or not? Inuyasha did hit you pretty hard."

"Of course I'm fine! I'm not a baby you know."

Miroku walks over, standing over Shippo. After a bit, he rights the Kitsune to a sitting position.

"AHHHH! OWOWOWOWOWO...!" Shippo grabs hold if his head and kicks his feet in pain.

"Yes, I can see you're well."

"Meanie... oh!" Shippo stands and starts to run in the direction of the well, "Kagome!"

Sango lets out a sigh. "Good."

Miroku turns to her, grin on his face, "And here I thought you liked children."

"What? No! Shippo isn't the problem. Now Inuyasha..."

"Ahh. Then you may be able to help me." He grabs hold of her hands and pulls her up, " I know I have asked before, but now that I am positive you want children. Will you bear my child?"

Sango's face reddens, her hands clench, a vain throbs in her forehead, and Miroku's on the ground after being hit with Hiraikotsu. And all in the span of four seconds, "You never learn… do you?" (BC: Typed in something good here… but it was for a one-shot in progress. Oops…)

"Hey... did I miss something?"

Sango turns to see Kagome with her blue (much smaller compared to the yellow) backpack slung over a shoulder, and Shippo on the other shoulder with his bump wrapped and a sucker in his mouth. Sango can't help but feel grateful, "Not that much."

Baka-chan: (Wrapped in a towel and still very covered in honey) Honey. Why did you drop me in honey!?

BC: To see if you'd sink or float?

Baka-chan: I know that! You said it right after you made me fall in!

BC: Look, I promise. I will never, ever, ever-never, drop you in a pit of honey again. I wouldn't of let you die or anything. I just had to test it out once, and I couldn't do it to PLP or QJP. They'd have killed me.

Baka-chan: Well, next time, use someone else. I'm not your guinea pig. I'm gonna use your shower. Cricket 13?

Cricket 13: (Hops into the room) What do you want... (His eyes widen as he stares at Baka-chan and licks his lips) H-h-honey?

Baka-chan: I hope you're not calling me that.

Cricket 13: (Clears throat) Not at all. Did you want something?

Baka-chan: Yeah, could you send some of the Cricket Army to get me some clean clothes? Your Boss decided to do something stupid, and I'm the one that paid for it.

Cricket 13: Sure.

Baka-chan: Thanks 13. (Climbs upstairs)

Cricket 13: (Grabs hold of BC's collar) Please Boss! CANDY!!!

BC: (Hands over sucker) There.

Cricket 13: Joy! (Hops away)

BC: I wish I did have more people to trick and have fun with...

Voice: I'm not going to be your newest target, but I may be able to help plan things.

BC: Oh no! The voices! They're at it again!

BC, over and out!