Chapter 4: Walkie talky signal

After Kagome climbed out of the well she found Sango, Miroku, and Shippo standing ahead. "Hey," she said as she waved her hand at them. She wasn't surprised, since her friends always waited for her to come back. Although this time they seemed pretty serious. Miroku had a face that showed he was worried, Sango seemed very confused, and Shippo seemed very scared. InuYasha was nowhere to be seen.

"Is everything alright?" Kagome asked as she walked over to them.

"We tried searching for clues on what happened to the lakes," the monk said in his usual calm tone. "But no luck."

"We don't know what to do, Kagome," Sango worriedly said.

The 15 year old grinned. "Don't worry, I think I know how to solve this. Lets all go back to the hut and I'll show you." She started walking with everyone when she looked around. "Where's InuYasha?"

"Waiting at the hut, I guess," said Shippo, "he seemed to serious and all."

"Oh." He's probably anxious to find out what's going on. Poor InuYasha, he's so confused and he probably feels bad about it.

When everyone got to the hut in the village they found InuYasha leaning against the hut, waiting for them. "It's about time you showed up," the half demon said.

Kagome angrily sighed. "InuYasha, give me some time."

"I did."

She glared as she and the others walked into the hut. InuYasha followed.

"What is it that you got, Kagome?" Sango curiously asked.

"Huh?" InuYasha curiously asked. "What do you mean you got something."

"Something to help us," Kagome replied, "I think I know what's going on." The girl took her backpack and started to open it when she heard a muffled sound coming from across the room.

Everyone got their attention on the walkie talky that Kagome left a while ago.

"What is that?" Shippo asked.

Kagome sat her backpack down and went over to pick up the object. "My brother's walkie talky. I forgot to take it back home."

"What's the heck is a walkie talky?" InuYasha asked, although his tone sounded as if he didn't care.

"It helps you here the person from the other walkie talky."

Shippo looked in two directions. "What other walkie talky?"

Kagome giggled. "My brother's. he wants me to talk to him on the other end, and maybe hear you guys' voices. But...he can't."

"Indeed," Miroku responded, "we are in two different eras. There is no possible way."

Kagome curiously looked at the walkie talky in her hand. "It's strange, because...it's making sound. How could it possibly make signal from another walkie talky if we are in two different times?"

"It's probably broken," InuYasha suggested, trying to skip the subject, "now about your idea..."

"If it was broken it wouldn't be making any sounds." What's going on?

InuYasha started to get really patient. "Whatever, lets just get on with your idea."

Kagome gasped.

"Now what?"

The others looked at her with concern.

Kagome stared into space as the others waited for her to space. "What if....it's catching signal...from the aliens?"

"Huh?"

"There you go with that again," said Sango, "I'm afraid I don't understand what aliens are."

"I told you. They're different people who live on another planet. It's the only solution."

"Solution to what?" InuYasha carelessly asked.

"To what's happening to the lakes." Kagome then noticed that InuYasha seemed really down. He was probably still getting anxious about the lakes. "InuYasha?"

"What could it be?"

"Huh?"

"What could have caused those lakes. If it wasn't Sesshoumaru, then..."

"InuYasha...don't you get it? They were creatures from a different world! You sensed no demons at all, and no real people."

"If these aliens were real," Miroku started, "then that would be the only solution to why the walkie talky is working."

"Exactly!"

"Let me see that," the half demon said as he took the object out of Kagome's hand. He put it up to one of his dog ears and tried to listen carefully. He heard something very strange, but he couldn't recall what it was. "I here something...."

"What is it?"

"I don't know. But..." InuYasha stood up when a strange, loud noise came from the walkie talky. Everyone was still and gave a face of fear. The sound was then quiet again when InuYasha put his arm down.

Kagome gasped. "Did...did you here that?"

Sango was too stunned to speak, but Miroku nodded.

"I did," said InuYasha.

"Me too, Kagome," Shippo said.

"That was it," said the 15 year old girl.

"What's it?" Sango asked.

"It was them. They were speaking, but not our language."

"Let me see," Miroku said as he took the object from InuYasha and put his ear up to it. "I...think I here something...but...not very clear."

Sango looked at the walkie talky then at Miroku. "It was louder when InuYasha held it up."

The monk curiously looked at her. "What are you saying?"

"It gets more clear the higher we put it!" Kagome exclaimed. She ran up and took the walkie talky from Miroku and held it up. It started to get loud again but not really clear. "InuYasha, help me up."

"Sure..." The half demon helped her over his shoulders and held her up as she lifted it in the air.

Miroku looked at Sango curiously. He could tell that she looked very scared. Before he knew it he was rubbing her thigh.

The demon slayer turned red when she noticed the monk's hands on her body, and she smacked him. "Pervert!"

"You seemed to frightened," Miroku calmly said.

"I'm fine!"

"You guys!" Kagome shouted, trying to interrupt the conversation. "Listen...there's two of them talking now."

Everyone was silent and could hear the clear strange voices of two creatures having a conversation, but it wasn't English. Shippo listened carefully and gave a curious look as InuYasha gave a look that showed he was starting to get the idea that Kagome was right.

But soon the voices were gone and the walkie talky was muffled again. Kagome lowered her arm and looked at the object. "We lost signal."