Daytime, Near The Dry Well, In The Feudal Era.
Kimiko appears on her bicycle, among the bushes. She looks around suspiciously.
"All right… Now!" Kimiko said with a driven mined look and pedals furiously towards the well.
"Hold it, Kimiko!" Inuyasha hollers suddenly appearing and zooms in front of the well.
"Huh?!" Kimiko said, stopping the bike.
"Are you trying to run away?! What about the Sacred Jewel?!" Inuyasha asks and reminds.
"Move! I have a test tomorrow! I'm in the 9th grade! I've been missing all my cram classes for high school, as well! At this pace, I'll miss too many classes to graduate! Hey, what're you doing?! Kimiko starts explaining but then noticed what Inuyasha was trying to do.
Inuyasha holds up a huge rock with both hands over the well.
"Without this well, you can't go to that unknown other world!" Inuyasha replied and aims at the well. "I'll ruin it!"
"Sit!" Kimiko shouts sternly.
Inuyasha stops suddenly.
"Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit!" Kimiko repeats knowing this was the only way to arrive back home,
Inuyash jerks into a different pose with each sit.
"SIT!" Kimiko finished.
Inuyasha falls flat on the ground, the boulder crushing his back.
"I'll be back in three days. So don't you dare come after me!" Kimiko informed and jumps into well.
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Higurashi Shrine. Within The Structure Housing The Dry Well.
Grandpa sits near the well, in a teal priest garb, chanting. Sota and Kagome sit on the staircase, Buyo in Sota's lap.
"Come home! Return to us!" Grandpa chants.
"Gramps, will your chants really work?" Sota questions.
"It will! This chant is an ancient one what has been passed down through generations of Higurashi priests!" Grandpa insisted as he twirls his fingers around his temples.
"But you've been at it for three days and Sis still hasn't returned." Kagome reminds missing Kimiko.
Grandpa stands and picks up a pail. Kimiko appears at the bottom of the well, holding her bag.
"Good! I'm back!" Kimiko said relived but then topples at the weight of the bag.
"Oh, sacred rice wine! Bring her back!" Grandpa continued to chant not noticing Kimiko.
Grandpa pours the rice wine into the well. Kimiko winced at the sudden 'rain' on her.
"What's this?!" Kimiko inquires and smells her hand. "Smells like sake!"
"Kimiko! My prayers have worked!" Grandpa cheered peering into the well.
"Gramps, I appreciate your concern for me, but..." Kimiko starts getting annoyed as she clenches her fists, exasperated while sneezing.
"Sota, Kagome do you trust me now?" Grandpa smugly asked.
"Oh, yeah! You are amazing, Gramps!" Sota cheered peering into the well with Kagome.
"Then you must train hard as the next in line!" Grandpa said knowing Kagome would never want to become a priestesses.
"I'm the next in line?!" Sota shouts shocked.
"Naturally!" Grandpa affirmed.
"No way! I'm going to become a soccer player!" Sota states.
""Socker" player? You're going to punch people?!" Grandpa demands.
"Never mind that! I have lots of things to bring up… Help me!" Kimiko yells annoyed.
"Mom wants me to become a doctor." Sota said ignoring Kimiko.
"A doctor?" Grandpa asks and then pauses. "A surgeon or a physician…? I would recommend you to become…"
Kimiko sighs.
...
Kimiko is having breakfast. She changed her clothes and has a towel draped around her neck. Buyo sits on her lap. Sota sits next to her. Kagome across from her. Buyo sneezes.
"What's the matter, Buyo? You're sneezing!" Kimiko asks confused but then smells her hair. "Do I still reek of liquor?"
Buyo gets off Kimiko in a comedic fashion.
"Here's you new school uniform. I'll put it in your room." Kieko informed as she walks in with a uniform in her hand.
"Thanks, Mom." Kimiko thanks.
"Sis, didn't you bring that dog fellow?" Sota questions.
"Of course not! It was difficult enough trying to lose him!" Kimiko states frustrated but then thinks. "Difficult enough… Yup… Life has become quite difficult but I like it."
...
Exterior of Higurashi Shrine.
"I've lived at this Higurashi Shrine from the day I was born." Kimiko's voice narrated.
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The Higurashi family.
"Gramps, my mom, my younger brother, Sota, ,my younger sister Kagome and me, an average ninth grader." Kimiko's voice continued to narrate.
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The Dry Well.
"We have a secret well on our premises. And demons are after the Sacred Jewel." Kimiko narrated.
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Kimiko Is Standing At The Top Of The Shrine Entrance Staircase.
"Even today, I wake up wondering if this is all a dream." Kimiko ponders and then looks at the Tokyo sprawl. "This is reality…" Kimiko clenches her fist, determined. "All right!" Kimiko's walks away.
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Kimiko's room.
The container of Sacred Jewel shards sit on her desk. In the storage room of the shrine. A package glows in an ominous pink light.
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Exterior of Kimiko and Kagome's school.
Greetings of 'Morning!' are heard as the students walk into the school.
Kagome and Kimiko's friends are called Eri, Yuka and Ayumi. Eri is the one with yellow hairband and Ayumi is the one with long hair.
"Good morning!" Kimiko and Kagome call out as they jog to their friends.
"Kimiko! Is it okay for you to be in school?" Yuka asked worried.
"Huh?" Kimiko questioned confused.
"You've been absent a lot lately so we called your house." Yuka explained.
"This time, it was a strained back." Kagome remembers sheepishly.
"And before that, you had gone to the doctor for a diabetes test." Ayumi and Eri add on.
"Are you okay?" Eri asked.
"Gramps… If you have to lie, make it believable!" Kimiko thinks annoyed while Kagome muffled her laughter.
A boy on a bicycle approaches the group. He is bathed in soft white sunlight.
"Older Higurashi!" The boy called out.
"Huh?" Kimiko asks turning around.
"Are you feeling better?" The Boy repeated and stops in front of Kimiko.
"Huh?!" Kimiko states surprised.
The four girls huddle together behind Kimiko.
"It's Hojo from B-section!" Kagome swooned.
"You're going through an awful lot for someone so young." Hojo comments as he gets off his bike with a concerned look. "You have gout?"
"No…!" Kimiko thinks bowing her head embarrassed exasperation.
"I can't do much, but here." Hojo said and gives Kimiko a gift in blue wrapping paper with red polka dots and a ribbon.
The three friends shriek and zoom far behind Kimiko.
"What is it?" Kimiko inquiries after she opened the gift and takes out a sandal.
"Therapeutic sandals! Wear them, okay?" Hojo requested as he was riding away, bathed in soft sunlight again.
Kimiko looks at Hojo with a stunned 'Huh'. The four friends run and gathers around Kimiko.
"Hey, Kimiko! Have you been seeing Hojo?" Yuki questions excited.
"As if I have the time!" Kimiko retorted.
"But he seems to really like you." Kagome replied.
"What a shock!" Eri comments.
...
Kimiko and Kagome's classroom.
Kimiko sits at her place, with the therapeutic sandals on her desk. The four friends gather around her.
"Are you the least bit interested?" Kagome asks.
"No." Kimiko bluntly rejected.
"Kimiko, do you…?" Eri starts.
"Do you have a boyfriend already?!" Ayami finished.
"No way!" Kimiko replied.
"Really? You really don't have one?" Eri questions skeptical.
"Then what kind of guys do you like?" Kagome ponders wondering the answer.
"Well…" Kimiko starts as she closes her eyes and puts her hand on her face and thinks of Inuyasha subconsciously. "Someone strong… who's kind… and understanding…rough but can be soft on occasion..."
"What's the matter with Kimiko? Yuka asked worried.
"I think she still has a fever." Eri responded.
...
Feudal Japan.
Kaede is grinding medicine in her hut, while Inuyasha lies on his stomach next to her. Inuyasha groans and rubs his back. He tries to get up but is hit by a sharp pain and falls back on the floor.
"Inuyasha, stop lying around. Go out and get information on the Sacred Jewel." Kaede orders annoyed.
"Shut up! All that "sit" from her has given me a sore back!" Inuyasha complains with a spiteful look with ears twitching, thinking "Damn that Kimiko! Hurry back so I can teach you a lesson!" Inuyasha tries to get up and winces in pain. "Oww…!"
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Higurashi Shrine
Grandpa walks up the staircase of the entrance and notices something.
"Huh?! A fire!" Grandpa yells.
Smoke appears from the storage room. Grandpa rushes into the room, which in engulfed in flames.
"What's happening?!" Grandpa yells panicking.
The package from earlier on, with charms pasted on it. The package is smoldering. Suddenly flames appear and burns off the charm. It falls downwards and shatters, revealing a Noh mask. It floats in midair.
"Why… You've burned the talismans that have been placed for generations!" Grandpa shouts shocked.
"Give me…a body…" The mask requests.
"That mask! " Grandpa said and picks up a pail of rice wine and pours it over himself. Grandpa takes out some chamrs from his clothes "My predecessor several generations back was asked to exorcise this mask by a Noh actor! It was named the "Flesh-Eating Mask"! I did not know it has such enormous power." He throws some charms at the mask, which burns them.
"A body…" Flesh Eating Mask repeats.
Flesh Eating Mask zooms towards Grandpa who dodges.
"Give me…a body!" Flesh Eating Masks demands.
Flesh Eating Mask then attaches itself on a samurai outfit and stands up, but the outfit collapses
"A body… A body…" Flesh Eating Mask continues saying.
"Is it looking for living flesh?!" Grandpa questions.
A wooden column on top of Grandpa splits into two from the burning flames and crashes onto him. Grandpa falls onto the ground, with wood pieces on his back.
"A body… Give me a body…!" Flesh Eating Mask orders.
"Damn!" Grandpa curses as he struggles to get up.
"A body!" Flesh Eating Mask zooms towards Grandpa.
The fire alarm ringing.
...
An ambulance drives along a road. Kimiko and Kagome walk in the opposite direction, towards home. They notice three teenagers ahead of them.
"Hey, the fire's at Higurashi Shrine!" The first guy shouts.
"Let's go!" The second guy said and runs off.
"Huh?!" Kimiko and Kagome question.
...
Outside The Higurashi Shrine
Two fire engines and two police cars are parked. A huge crowd gathers. Policemen have formed a barrier to control the situation.
"The fire is under control! Please do not worry!" The first policemen informs.
"This road is closed! Do not push!" The second policemen orders.
"Excuse me! Please let us through!" Kimiko and Kagome plead and get under the barrier and runs towards home.
"Hey, you! You can't go there!" The first policemen yells out.
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In The Higurashi Courtyard
Keiko bows to a policeman.
"Thank you very much." Kieko thanks and the policeman walks off.
"Mom!" The sisters shout out.
"Kimiko! Kagome!" Keiko said.
"Mom, what happened?!" Kimiko demands distraught.
"The storeroom caught fire. Grandpa was surrounded by the smoke." Keiko explained.
"Gramps?!" The sisters shout worried.
"He's all right. He was slightly injured, then fainted before be could inhale too much smoke. I'm going to the hospital now." Keiko assured.
"Us, too!" The sisters insisted.
"Sota's not home yet. Please stay home." Kieko asks Kimiko as she placed a hand on her shoulder.
"All right." Kimiko nods but then thinks. "A fire in the storeroom? There's no way a fire could start in there."
...
Several firemen are examining the exterior of the storeroom.
"The fire started inside, huh?" The first firemen questioned.
"Watch out! There are holes in the floor." The second firemen warned.
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Inside The Storeroom
Firemen walk around examining the remnants of the fire.
"Huh?" The third firemen inquired as he noticed something. He looks at a puddle of water below him.
Flesh Eating Mask appears from the puddle and zooms towards the fireman. It attaches itself onto the fireman's face, who struggles to take it off, groaning.
"What's the matter?" The fourth firemen asked.
...
Sota runs towards Kimiko nervously.
"Sis!" Sota yells.
"It's all right! We're all safe! Don't worry." Kimiko reassured as she kneels and puts her hand on his shoulder.
"Uh-huh." Sota pants out of breath calming down slightly.
...
Outside The Shrine.
One of the fire engines move and crashes several police cars. Kimiko and Sota running towards the entrance. The fire engine running over the police cars.
"Stop!" The fifth firemen yells as he stands in front of the fire engine and waves his hands.
The fire engine does not stop and the fireman runs away from it. It swerves out of the alley onto the main road.
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Outside Of The Shrine
A policeman points in the direction of the fire engine.
"Hurry!" The first policemen orders and two police cars chase the engine. "Contact Headquarters! There's an out-of-control truck!"
Kimiko and Sota staring in disbelief at the turn of events.
"And next on the news… A runaway fire truck on the streets has been involved in many accidents. There appear to be several injured but that has not been confirmed at this time. It is unthinkable, but at every accident site people have disappeared. It is totally incomprehensible!" A newscasters voice over is heard.
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The Drivers Seat Of The Runaway Firetruck
Flesh Eating Mask is driving, in its new body of black blob.
"The flesh keeps rotting away. Rotting away!" Flesh Eating Mask shrieks as he reaches for the steering wheel. Black blobs drip from the hand, which loses its shape. "If I can absorb a little more… I'll be able to mold a complete body. A little more… Oh, if only I had a fragment of the Sacred Jewel!"
...
Evening At The Hospital.
"Mom, how's Grandpa?" Kimiko asks
"The doctor says he's out of danger but Grandpa is still unconscious." Keiko replied.
"Huh?" Kimiko asks.
"I don't think we need to be overly concerned but he is getting on in age." Kieko softly reminds.
"Mom, what's all that?" Kimiko asked as she points to the charms in her moms hands.
"When they rescued him, he had these plastered all over his face. He had even stuffed some in his mouth." Keiko answered.
"The Flesh-Eating Mask… The Mask… The Flesh-Eating…" Grandpa utters while unconscious.
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Nighttime At The Higurashi Home, In Kimiko's Room.
Kimiko is doing her homework.
"And so, Mom's going to stay at the hospital another night to watch over Gramps. Huh?" Kimiko reminds herself but then noticed something.
Sota and Kagome drag their mattresses into Kimiko's room, Buyo clutches onto the mattress.
"Sis, can we stay in here tonight again?" Sota asks.
"What are you saying?! You're both somewhat adults, aren't you?" Kimiko demands wanting to be alone.
"But…" Kagome starts.
"Fine!" Kimiko relents knowing she give in anyway and takes a book from her desk. "But this is the last time! I have another test tomorrow!"
"Gramps had talismans in his mouth and even sacred rice wine all over him. I'll bet something happened in the storeroom!" Kagome said with Sota nodding in agreement.
Kimiko looks at Sota and Kagome intently.
"Something's different. Until now, everything was normal. So has something changed?" Kimiko thinks and then notices the container on her desk. "This…! Is it because of the Sacred Jewel fragments?"
Kimiko notices something and tilts her head to look.
...
Policemen have blocked a road with cars. They wave the batons in their hands and blow their whistles. The fire truck drives towards them and slows down. Flesh Eating Mask suddenly burst out of the windscreen and breaks the windscreen of a police car, zooming at the driver. Its long black body meanders around, taking the bodies of all the people on the site. They try to escape but are absorbed into the body. Flesh Eating Mask finally stops and its body have become much bigger. It trudges forward slowly.
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In The Hospital
"Watch out…for…the" Grandpa utters but wakes up suddenly and yells. "The Flesh Eating Mask!"
...
The firetruck crashes through the fence of the Higurashi shrine. It crashes into the residential structure. The fire ladder is extended and crashes through the window of Kimiko's room. Kimiko, Sota and Kagome yell and Kimiko holds Sota and Kagome to the floor. Flesh Eating Mask, on the ladder, reaches slowly for Kimiko's desk.
"A Noh mask? The Flesh-Eating Mask that Gramps was mumbling about…" Kimiko said.
"The Jewel… The Sacred Jewel… " The Flesh Eating Mask said as he reaches for the container which rolls away. Kimiko grabs the container before its grubby hands could reach it. "The Jewel… The Sacred Jewel!"
Kimiko runs out of the room, then returns to grab a stunned Sota who pulls along a stunned Kagome.
"Sota, Kagome don't just stand there!" Kimiko runs down the stairs. "Run!"
Kimiko, Kagome and Sota run in the courtyard. Kimiko holds Sota's and he holds Kagome's hand while Buyo latches onto Sota's back.
"I must… I must get Inuyasha!" Kimiko thinks determined knowing he would save them.
"Sis! You're bleeding…!" Kagome said when she notices Kimiko's hand.
"Don't cry you two! I just cut myself on the glass." Kimiko reassured.
Flesh Eating Mask turns in the direction of the ladder and drop itself onto them. They dodge in time and sit on the floor. Flesh Eating Mask recompose itself.
"Give it to me… Give it to me…" Flesh Eating Mask chants.
"It…has a Sacred Jewel fragment in its forehead! It's after this bottle of fragments… Sota and Kagome will be safer away from me." Kimiko thinks and runs away from Sota, and Kagome shouting. "You two, run to the hidden well and get Inuyasha! Tell him there are Sacred Jewel fragments in this world and he'll gladly come running!"
"What?! All by ourselves?!" The two shout shocked.
"Understand? Hurry!" Kimiko orders.
Flesh Eating Mask chases Kimiko as she runs down a slope. Sota and Kagome run to the Dry Well and peers into it. Buyo gets off his back, onto the mouth of the Well.
"The well is linked to the Feudal States Era. Jump and throw yourself in." Kimiko's voice over instructed.
"Let's go, Buyo Kagome!" Sota confidentiality said as he clenches a fist determined earning a nod from Kagome.
Sota and Kagome jump in shrieking and crashes onto the ground.
"Owweee! We couldn't go through!" Sota begins to panic. "Why?!"
Buyo licks himself, purring.
"Please…take us!" The two siblings plead and start to dig the ground with their hands, crying. "We have to… or Sis will… Sis will die!" They stop and wail.
The ground suddenly glows and Inuyasha appears, in a heroic fashion.
"The… dog fellow…!" Sota said.
"What's up? You look troubled." Inuyasha questioned somewhat concerned.
...
Inuyasha leaps across the top of buildings with Sota and Kagome on his back.
"Don't fall off!" Inuyasha orders.
"We couldn't get through the well." The two said sadly.
"You should be glad. On the other side, there are dozens of demons who love to eat little boys and girls like you." Inuyasha laughs.
"Huh?!" The two shout shocked.
Inuyasha jumps onto the top of a truck.
"Do you know where Sis is?" Sota asks hoping they weren't wasting time.
"My nose works real good. I just have to follow Kimiko's blood scent." Inuyasha explained.
"Sis cut her hand…" Sota and Kagome softly say sad.
"I could smell her from the well. I'll find Kimiko and save her without fail." Inuyasha promised.
...
Flashback of Kimiko's conversation with Sota and Kagome during breakfast.
"This Inuyasha is rough but has a good heart and he's kind but hates to show it.
...
"He's just as sis, described him." The younger siblings think sharing a smile.
...
Kimiko runs in one of the highest floors in a building under construction. She stops and catches her breath.
"Not yet? Isn't Inuyasha here yet?" Kimiko thinks starting to get worried.
Flesh Eating Mask, is at the bottom of the building, shoots itself upwards and lands in a blob in front of Kimiko, and recompose itself. Kimiko gasp in horror.
"Give it to me… The Sacred Jewel!" Flesh Eating Mask demands towering over Kimiko.
"Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer!" Inuyasha yells out an attack as he suddenly appears.
Inuyasha claws Flesh Eating Mask into two blobs and lands near Kimiko.
"Inuyasha!" Kimiko said beaming a smile at him knowing he wouldn't appreciate a hug right now.
"Sis!" Sota and Kagome call.
"Sota and Kagome!" Kimiko said relived they were unharmed.
"Sis!" Kagome and Sota call again as they get of Inuyasha's back and kneel in front of Kimiko.
"Huh? Kimiko! You look just fine to me!" Inuyasha said frustrated at himself for being as worried as he was.
"We'll be okay now. Inuyasha will destroy the demon for us!" Kimiko reassures Sota and Kagome.
Sota and Kagome nod. Inuyasha turns to Kimiko and folds his arms.
"I don't mind helping you… But first, apologize for the other day." Inuyasha demands going to help her anyway but wanting payback.
"What're you talking about?" Kimiko questions innocently knowing exactly what he was talking about.
"I won't let you say you've forgotten! You shout incantations to your heart's content that one time and now you want me to save you?!" Inuyasha scolded. Sota and Kagome were starting to become amused seeing the relationship their sister had with Inuyasha.
"Oh that…" Kimiko pretended to remember as she gets up and puts a finger near her mouth. She clasps her hands, in jovial tone. "Sorry, sorry! I remember and I apologize!"
"Damn… You don't sound repentant at all" Inuyasha complains as he turned around exasperated making Kagome and Sota chuckle. "Maybe I'll just go home." Inuyasha said in a deadpan tone with a tint of mirth.
"What're you saying?! That mask has a fragment of the Sacred Jewel! What'll you do?!" Kimiko replied.
"Hah!" Inuyasha scoffs both of them knowing they'll get serious any second. Inuyasha closes his eyes and folds his arms.
"I'm not sure if we're imagining it but there smitten… I'll bet their smitten in love!" Sota and Kagome think exchanging amusing smiles.
Flesh Eating Mask moves in the background.
"Inuyasha!" Kimiko shouts all playfulness gone as she points at Flesh Eating Mask.
"Why you… How dare you take my body…!" Flesh Eating Mask said.
"Inuyasha, the core of the demon is the Noh mask!" Kimiko informed.
"I am the Flesh Eating Mask. Several centuries ago, I was carved out of a giant katsura tree which had a fragment of the Sacred Jewel imbedded in it. Since then, I have craved flesh and devoured humans. Now, I want a good body that will not rot!" Flesh Eating mask explained.
"And for that, it needs more power from the Sacred Jewel." Kimiko realized and looks at the container in her hand.
"I don't know how many humans you've eaten to date" Inuyasha yells serious now to. "But you're definitely too fat!" Inuyasha punches Flesh Eating Mask. "What?!"
The mask opens in the middle, with teeth along the edges and bites Inuyasha's hands.
"You fell into my trap. Now you won't be able to escape!" Flesh Eating Mask taunts and drags Inuyasha into its body.
"Huh?!" Sota and Kagome question stunned.
"Inuyasha!" Kimiko shouts panicked.
"What a rotten trick…!" Inuyasha said.
The mask emerges from its body and joins together again. It zooms towards Kimiko and pushes itself on her hand with the container.
"Huh?!" Kimiko states blocking and falls backwards.
"Sis!" Kimiko and Kagome shout worried.
"If I don't do something, the fragments will…! Sota, Kagome take this and run" Kimiko thinks then orders her siblings as throws the container to Sota. "Hurry!"
"Yeah…" Kagome and Sota nod and then run.
Flesh Eating Mask chases Sota.
"Run, you two!" Kimiko shouts.
"That mask is after this bottle. I know! If I throw it away…!" Sota thinks after he trips and falls, the container falling out of his hand. He shakes his head, grabs the container. "No!" Sota continues running with Kagome. "It can't have this bottle!"
Sota runs. He and Kagome stops suddenly as they reached the edge of the building. They turn around and stare in stupefied horror at the oncoming Flesh Eating Mask. Inuyasha breaks out of the body with Tetsusaiga and running towards Sota and Kagome.
"Listen! Don't move!" Inuyasha orders as he leaps and swings Tetsusaiga.
Inuyasha slices Flesh Eating Mask into two with one sweep of Tetsusaiga. It breaks into four pieces and disintegrates into thin air. The Scared Jewel piece in its forehead lands on the ground.
"You did it! You did it!" The siblings chant excited.
"Yeah! Are the Sacred Jewel fragments safe?" Inuyasha plays off as he swings Tetsusaiga over his shoulder.
"Uh-huh!" The two nod with thankful tears.
...
The Sun Started To Rise
"Inuyasha…" Kimiko softly said.
"Kimiko, not hurt?" Inuyasha questions turning around to face her against the soft rays.
"What's happening? It's just a little… but Inuyasha seems sorta dashing." Kimiko thinks with a small blush but then notices the sun rising. "Huh?! It's morning?!" She clasps her face and shrieks. "Oh no! I have a test today!" Kimiko turns around and runs off. But suddenly turns back around kisses Inuyasha's cheek thanks him and runs back.
"Hey, Kimiko!" Inuyasha yells out with a blush.
"See you, Inuyasha! Make sure you return to the other dimension soon! Sota! Kagome! One of you pick up those fragments and bring them home! Inuyasha! Don't take them!" Kimiko shouts out orders and disappears.
Inuyasha stares at Kimiko, stupefied. Sota stands up and tugs Inuyasha's sleeves.
"Umm…" Sota starts blushing. "You were real cool!"
"Think so?" Inuyasha asks but gets a oh well but you are not Kimiko look.