Disclaimer: Once again, I do not own Inuyasha. BAH.
When they arrived back in the feudal era, Inuyasha helped Kagome out of the well. As they climbed out onto the grass, a breeze blew by. It was colder than usual that night, and Kagome had forgotten her jacket. She hugged herself as she shivered.
"Are you cold?" Inuyasha asked.
"Yeah, I left my jacket back home." Kagome replied, as Inuyasha handed her her backpack.
"Here, take mine, you'll get a cold." Inuyasha said, as he wrapped it around her.
"No, it's ok, you'll be cold." Kagome objected.
"Don't be stupid," Inuyasha replied sternly. "Don't you know by now that the cold doesn't affect me the same as you. Now take it!".
"Ok." Kagome said, giving in.
"Good. Now get on my back, so we can get back to the village quickly. Everyone's waiting for us." Inuyasha turned around and reached out his arms, as Kagome climbed on his back. In a matter of seconds, they were sprinting through the trees, on their way back to the village.
Back at the village, the group was all gathered in Kaede's hut, huddled around the fire, eating stew that Kaede had made. Sango and Miroku were sitting close to each other, leaving only enough room between them for the cold night breeze to pass through. Kaede was stirring the stew, keeping it warm for when Inuyasha and Kagome returned. Shippo sat as close to the fire as he could possibly get, coloring using the crayons and paper that Kagome had brought him from her era.
"I wonder what's taking Kagome so long?" Sango wondered aloud.
"Don't worry, I'm sure whatever it is, Inuyasha will get her back here soon enough." Miroku chuckled.
"I hope they get back soon," Shippo piped up. "I'm getting hungry." Just as he finished, Inuyasha and Kagome walked in.
"Hi guys!" Kagome said happily.
"Hey Kagome!" said Sango. "What took you..." Sango trailed off as Kagome gave her a look that let her know that they would talk later. She nodded as Kagome and Inuyasha sat down.
"How was your afternoon?" Kaede asked Kagome, sensing the need of a subject change, as she began to take up everyone's stew and hand it out.
"It was good!" Kagome replied. "I had a bath, and took a nap, and went shopping. Which reminds me..." She opened her backpack and began taking out packages for everyone. She handed Kaede, Sango, Kirara, and Miroku their gifts. She then reached into her backpack and pulled out a giant lollipop for Shippo.
"Yay! Thanks Kagome!" Shippo exclaimed, as reached for it, eyes wide open.
"Ah," Kagome scolded. "Eat your stew first."
"Aw man!" Shippo said sadly as he picked up his bowl and began to eat. Kagome reached into her backpack again, this time pulling out a pack of ramen noodles.
"Here you go, Inuyasha." Kagome said as she handed him the noodles.
"NINJA FOOD!" Inuyasha exclaimed happily. He took the noodles and placed them behind him, as if to shield them from the others. Kagome giggled softly to herself as she picked up her own meal and began to eat.
"Mmmmm. That was excellent Kaede. Once again, you've outdone yourself." Miroku complemented the old priestess as he finished off the last of his stew.
"Yes, it really was." Sango agreed. "We'll miss your cooking while we're travelling again."
That's right, Kagome though to herself. Tomorrow we begin travelling again. The group had been travelling before this for weeks, and had finally decided to return to Kaede's village to rest and take a break. Tomorrow they planned to leave again, in search of Naraku.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, knocking her out of thought. "Can you make the ramen for me?"
"Sure." Kagome replied, as she took the noodles and began to prepare them.
As she finished preparing the ramen, she stood up and looked at Sango. Sango nodded, and stood up, following her out of the hut. As they left, Miroku spoke up.
"Where are those two off to?" he asked curiously.
"It seems they wanted to talk in private." Kaede answered. Shippo and Miroku looked at Inuyasha, who was finishing off the last of his ramen.
"What did you do?" Shippo asked angrily, crossing his arms.
"Me?" Inuyasha exclaimed. "What makes you think I did something?" Miroku and Shippo rolled their eyes.
"Because you always do." Shippo muttered under his breath, just loud enough for Miroku to hear. Inuyasha was too infatuated with his ramen to notice what Shippo had said.