InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Out of the Well and Returning ❯ Chapter 1: Use the Ramen as a Bribe! ( Chapter 1 )

Out of the well and returning?

A-N: This is my first Inuyasha fic that I'm doing alone, for that reason I'm hoping one of my best friends who has watched the show longer then I have will be my beta reader. Enjoy the story!

Disclaimer:

Me: I own Inuyasha and Sesshomaru!

Kagome: *throws rosery beads on the Me*

Me: *gulp* I own Sesshomaru?

Kagome: "SIT! My Inuyasha" :)

Me: I don't own them :,( but I do own Paige at least!

"Talking"

'Thinking'

(me bugging you)

Chapter 1: Use the Ramen as a Bribe!

Summary: Kagome Higurashi was 17 when she left the feudal era supposedly forever. She stopped the hunt for the Shikon jewel and returned to what she called her true home leaving all her friends and memories behind. No one in the Feudal era knew why, no one even had a clue except one person and he wasn't sure if that was why she left forever. It has been 10 long years since Kagome left and many, many things had changed.

It was an early summer day in May when Kagome Higurashi got a call from the Hospital that would dramatically effect her life.

"Miss Higurashi this is doctor Smith calling, your mother was hit by a car this morning." Kagome gasped and panic ran through her though the doctor continued to speak.

"She's stable and will be able to come home but will need assistants with her daily chores for awhile. Your mother asked me to call you instead of your brother." Kagome thought for a few seconds, she did have a lot of time to spare at the moment. She also knew that Sota wouldn't be much help since he was attending law school at the current time. Kagome sighed, and spoke to the doctor.

"I'll be over as soon as I can Dr. Smith." Kagome hung up the phone and sighed for third time. She would need a babysitter for her daughter, Paige. After 30 calls no one Kagome knew would babysit her daughter.

'If only she didn't look and act the way she did...' Kagome whipped around as she heard soft padding of feet and the usual morning purr her daughter made. Paige was a 9 1/2 year old hanyou, with bright orange eyes and long silver hair that was past her shoulders. She was mostly like her father, her demon like genes took more control of her looks and her attitude then her humans ones. Kagome looked at her daughter and got an idea for a babysitter.

'It's a long shot, but if he maybe could just meet her... but all the pain that I left behind will it resurface?'

Paige noticed a tear slide down her mother's face and tilted her head to the side in confusion. Though after a moment her mother smiled once more and looked at Paige with hope.

"Paige dear would you like to meet some of my old friends? I'm hoping they can babysit you while I'm taking care of Grandma." Paige looked up in interest and excitedness and nodded eagerly. She hated staying inside her home all the time, any trip out of the house and the town was like a dream. Paige ran into her room and found her favorite outfit, an orange one.

(A-n: Imagine Inuyasha's outfit but orange and smaller.)

But before she left her room she sadly grabbed an orange bandana to hide her small fuzzy ears. Paige handed to her mother the offending object to tie on her but was surprised when her mother didn't and spoke.

"Hon, where we're going you don't need to hide your ears or your claws." Kagome smile was mixed with sadness as was her scent that Paige smelled. Paige smiled and got ready to go out the door, sniffing around the house until she found a cookie. Kagome grabbed her small backpack full of clothes plus Paige's favorite stuffed animal and walked out the door. A stuffed small white puppy dog was Paige's best friend in the whole world. Paige scrunched her brows together and followed her mother into the well shrine. She covered her sensitive nose with her sleeve, the room reeked of dust and dirt.

"Mommy why are in the well shrine?" Paige questioned through her sleeve that muffled her voice.

"That's where my friends live so hang on to me tight until we get there." Kagome said, letting Paige hop onto her back and then she hopped into the well. She let the swirls of blue and black consume her and her child.

~~~~Feudal era~~~~

Kagome hopped over the edge of the well using the long vines for support at the top she a deep breath. Paige quickly detached herself from her mother and sprang around on all fours.

'So many trees, all the open sky. There's not as many smells and not as many loud noises. I kinda like here.' Paige thought as she took deep breaths and looked around. Kagome started walking towards village she had first been taken to when she had came to the Feudal era. She knew that Paige would follow her soon enough. Kagome ran her hand over the old God tree and again a frown settled on her face. As she approached the village she heard Paige leaping through the leaves behind her. The Village looked on as Kagome came in followed by Paige, they remembered her and knew she was the reincarnation of their old protector. They also knew Kagome was the one who broke the jewel then left later on without finishing it. A few people called out greetings to her and eyed Paige but no one approached them directly. Kagome walked into Kaede's hut and instantly came face to face with two of her old friends. Shippo and Kaede both just blinked in surprise as they stared at her, willing themselves to believe she had returned. Seconds later Shippo, who was now probably around 18 and at least 5ft 10in, attached himself to Kagome as he hugged her. Though the fox backed up and looked down as he heard a small growling sound. Paige was now standing in front of her mother with her claws extended, teeth beared and growling. Shippo and Kaede looked at the small female hanyou as she spoke.

"Stay away from my mom or I'll attack!" Kagome picked Paige up and looked her daughter in the eye's.

"Paige Inu Higurashi, those are my friends, neither of them are going to hurt us." Kagome said sharply yet in a gentle way.

Paige looked around at the people, the elderly lady gave a slight smile and nodded at Kagome. The tall fox bent down to Paige's level and offered a hand to shake, which she took.

"Paige this is Shippo and Kaede. Why don't you get to know them while I have a talk with my other friend...Inuyasha." Kagome said as she placed her daughter on the floor near the group. Paige looked around searching for the person named Inuyasha.

"Mom there isn't anyone else here, how can you talk to him if he isn't here?" Paige asked giving her mother a look of confusion.

"Shippo-chan could you watch Paige while I go find Inuyasha?" Kagome asked ignoring her daughter's question. Shippo gave Kagome a smile and then spoke to her, his voice no longer squeaky.

"Sure thing Kagome! Inuyasha and the others are down in the next village collecting some shards." Kagome gave him a look of confusion, wondering why he was here and not with them. Though Shippo seemed to know what was going through her mind and spoke again.

"I'm staying and guarding the village, there has been lots of attacks since you.... since you left." Kagome gave Shippo a hug and then bent down to speak Paige.

"Behave for Shippo, he's a good friend of mine." Kagome gave her a hug too and then went out the door leaving Paige behind.

Kagome walked back to Kaede's shed and pulled out her old bow and arrows. She put on a set of her old Miko clothing so she would look clean when she returned home. Pulling her pink bike out she sped off in the direction of a group of shards. Within 20 minutes she came upon the village that was under attack. Standing in the middle of the town square was Kagura using her fan to create blasts of wind. Kagome saw Sango hitting poisonous insects away with Hiratsu as Kirara kept the bugs away from a passed out Miroku. Both owner and pet were cut from Kagura's winds. Her eyes then landed on Inuyasha, he was bloody and beaten, using Tetsusaiga to stand. Kagura's smile grew and she sent another wind blast at him, knocking him off his feet. As she laughed her cruel laugh Kagome strung up her bow for the first time in 10 years. Her Miko arrow shot in a straight line plunging itself into Kagura's shoulder. Angrily she looked around for the one who shot her. Kagura then left out a moan of pain before pulling a feather out from behind her ear and quickly making an exit. The insects soon followed Kagura allowing Sango to drop to her feet to check on the Monk. Inuyasha stood slowly and looked around for the owner of the arrow. His eyes slowly landed on her and he could hardly speak.

"Kagome..." Before she could blink he was right in front of her, sniffing her and glaring at her. She stared up at him with her deep sapphire eyes in a pleading look. Sango was helping Miroku limp over towards the two as they began to speak.

"Inuyasha.." She began but was cut off by him growling low in his throat.

"You left, you broke your promise to me! Why Kagome?" He spoke in a harsh tone until the end, then it was a hurt sounding voice that left his mouth. Tears ran down her face and Inuyasha looked at her in fear, he couldn't stand to hear Kagome cry. Sango put Miroku on Kirara's back and ran to comfort her best friend.

"Come on Kagome, we can all talk back at Kaede's." Sango led Kagome over to Kirara and they both got on, Kirara following the leaping Inuyasha back to their village.

~~~With Paige~~~

"My mom was that brave?" Paige asked Shippo in awe, he had just finished telling her about the time Kagome had saved him from the Thunder Brothers, Hiten and Matan.

"Yeah, your mom was really powerful and I bet she still is!" Shippo said with child like enthusiasm.

"But Shippo, why were they after you and my mom any ways?" Shippo never got to tell her why because at that moment Sango and Kagome rushed in carrying an injured Miroku. Kaede rushed to his side with healing herbs and antidotes for the stings he had received. Inuyasha walked into the room moments later and instantly looked at the young pup sitting on the floor near Kagome. Sango too had noticed the child but was too busy helping Kaede with Miroku.

After an hour of work all the people in the hut were settled down and ready to question Kagome and the new comer. Inuyasha sat up in the corner with his arms crossed over his chest. Miroku was lying on a mat but was awake. Sango sat next to him but avoided his lecherous hands. Shippo sat on one side of Paige amusing her with stories of his childhood. Kagome sat on her other side looking from each of her friends waiting for someone to speak. Paige then turned from Shippo and tugged on her mother's sleeve and in a whisper spoke.

"Mommy who are these new people?" No one but Kagome and Inuyasha heard her question. Kagome pulled Paige onto her lap and stroked her long white hair.

"Paige these are some very close friends of mine, I grew up with them and often we saved each other's lives. The man on the mat is Miroku, a monk, and beside him is a demon slayer by the name of Sango and her pet Kirara." Kagome's eyes locked with Inuyasha's before she spoke again.

"In the corner is Inuyasha..." Before Kagome could say anymore Inuyasha hopped up and grabbed her by the wrist, dragging her outside. Paige leapt up trying to catch Inuyasha but surprisingly Shippo grabbed a hold of her. She snarled and growled but Shippo spoke to her.

"Give them a moment to talk please Paige." Paige growled again but settled down again on the floor. She let herself by Shippo's fox magic as the Sango and Miroku knowingly as the two left.

Outside for a moment the two just looked at each other, neither uttering a word. Inuyasha was the one to break the silence, he spoke in a gentle this time.

"Who's the kid?" Kagome bowed her head and uttered that it was her own child.

"Kagome who's her father?" Inuyasha asked fearing the worst, that it was Kouga's or someone else's." Kagome reached out and grabbed a hold of him, pulling him into a tight hug. He wrapped his arms around her and let her speak.

"She's your's. Inuyasha Paige is our daughter." Kagome said before burring her face in his fire-rat top.

"Then why did you leave me? You took our child away from her heritage. Gods Kagome you don't know how much I've missed you! We've all missed you so much." Inuyasha said raising her chin with his finger.

"I was so ashamed of myself, and I thought you were in love with Kikyo and were using me." Inuyasha was stunned, he had never thought that was the reason she left. It had never dawned on him that he might of been the reason she left.

"Kagome is there anything I can do to help?" Inuyasha asked softly hopping something he did could fix this.

"Could you babysit for a while? My mother was in a car accident this morning and no one will watch Paige, she has too much demon in her." Kagome asked in a hoping voice almost pleading with him.. "I'll stock you with lots and lots of Ramen!" She added as an after thought now bribing him with food he hadn't had in 10 years.

Both smiled, or at least kinda. He nodded and the two traveled back inside the hut with linked hands . Paige was in there chasing Shippo and his tail. It was quite a funny sight and Sango and Miroku were laughing at the child's antics. Kagome went behind Paige and picked her up saying they needed to talk. Paige walked with her mother outside to a nearby tree. Kagome sat down and pulled Paige onto her lap.

"Paige you remember when you asked about your father?" Paige looked up at her mother and nodded.

"Remember how you said you would like to meet him?" Again the child nodded still very curious to what was going on.

"That man that I went outside with, Inuyasha, he is your father." Paige's eyes grew wide, to the size of dinner plates.

"My dad..." Paige trailed off, she left her mother's lap and crawled up into a tree to think. Kagome went back to the hut sadly, she had to leave now or else she would be late. She said goodbye to Sango and Miroku and threw a kiss up to Paige who was still in the tree. Inuyasha embraced her tightly and kissed her before she left. Kagome handed him her old yellow backpack full of Ramen and hopped down the well. He returned to Kaede's, looking up at the trees he found the one that his pup was in.

'She looks so much like me, amazing even though she's only 1\4 demon..."

Suddenly Inuyasha felt something grab at his waist then a weight was removed. He quickly realized Paige had Tetsusaiga and some how transformed it. Paige was having a grand old time swinging it around at full force. Inuyasha was amazed that his daughter was able to transform his sword at the young age of 9. Out of the bushes something brown shot at Paige and by accident she sliced it to pieces. Before Paige had a chance to say she didn't do it a large tornado appeared then seconds later Kouga stood where the tornado had been, and boy was this wolf angry.

A-N: well that was the first chapter what do ya think I know some people were a little out of character but they will be back in next character next chapter. Hope you enjoyed please review!

THIS IS A REDONE VERSION OF CHAPTER 1 THANKS TO Black Wren FOR POINTING OUT THIS CHAPTERS ERRORS! THIS CHAPTER IS FOR HER!

P.S. if you think I should redo other chapters tell me!

Kiwi