Disclaimer: The characters of InuYasha are not mine; they are property of Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan, Yomiuri TV, Sunrise, and Viz. The following story is for entertainment and not profit.
Geese A-Laying
Kagome laid the newly acquired fighting fan alongside her previous gifts before the old miko. If anyone could help her, it would be Kaede.
"These are very valuable gifts," she said as if to herself, "their sender must think very highly of ye to go to the difficulty of obtaining them."
"But can you tell me who? Who is sending them?" Kagome could feel some of the earlier panic returning.
Kaede let her fingers come to rest before the carved bone whistle in its open box, "Did ye say ye received this one on the other side of the well?" Kagome nodded as she eyed the older woman hopefully. "Then perhaps the admirer that ye seek can also travel as ye do."
The thought that followed Kaede's words hit her like a slap in the face. How could she have been so stupid? Kagome felt her lips pull into a smile as her eyes focused on the figure outside the door.
Kagome let her eyes flutter open even though she knew she hadn't been asleep long. She had been pondering Kaede's revelation from the day before. Inu Yasha had to be the one leaving her the gifts; he was the only other person the well would allow to pass into her time, after all.
Stretching her arms high above her head, her fingers brushed something unfamiliar. Turning to see what her hand had found, Kagome felt herself smile for the first time at the gift left at the head of her bed, a basket of eggs.
"Six geese a-laying," she whispered to herself as she got the perfect idea for breakfast.