InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Something New ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

“AHHHHHHH!” Bailey screamed as Inuyasha soared above the treetops, with her on his back.

“Would you PLEASE quit doing that?!” He bellowed at her.

“If you would stop doing THAT!” She yelled back at him. Inuyasha rolled his eyes at her.

It's not my fault she's scared of heights.

Inuyasha snickered as he jumped atop another tree and quickly soared into the air again, accompanying another shriek from Bailey. She buried her face into his hair and prayed she didn't fall off.

If he drops me, so help me god, I'll come back and haunt him.

Inuyasha landed with a thud and Bailey let out a yelp of pain.

Stupid ankle. Stupid dry well. Stupid dog demon. UGH!

Flashback

Bailey & Inuyasha both stood staring at the bone eaters well. Bailey strode to the edge and peered inside. It was, in fact, dry and very dark. She turned to Inuyasha.

“So, do I just jump in or what?”

Inuyasha shrugged.

“Well, that's how Kagome and I did it.”

Bailey sucked up her courage and climbed atop the well's edge. She gazed into the darkness.

Don't think about it, just do it.

She jumped, and landed on the bottom with quite a solid thump, twisting her ankle and bruising her bottom in the process. After letting a few colorful phrases fly, Bailey called to the dog demon. He helped her out of the well after he had let her know what an idiot he thought she was.

“Oh yeah, well why don't you try it? Didn't you say you used to go through it?”

Inuyasha seemed to contemplate this. He quickly leapt to the edge of the well, as Bailey had a few minutes ago, and jumped into the recesses of the well. When nothing happened, he leapt back out of the well, disappointed.

“There's no way I'm going to be able to get back to your village, my ankle is pretty screwed up.”

Inuyasha strode to her and picked her up, with a squeal of surprise from Bailey. He shifted her onto his back and began to run at incredible speeds, at which Bailey was not fond of.

“Please don't tell me you can fly or something, because I hate heights.”

Inuyasha's thud happened to land them right in front of Kaede's hut, a welcome sight for the air sick Bailey. She quickly wriggled out of Inuyasha's grasp and limped inside the thatch building, hoping for some kind of herbal remedy for her ankle. The elderly woman gingerly examined Bailey's ankle, declaring she ought to rest it for a while and caked it in a smelly herbal paste, which cooled Bailey's skin. After she had her ankle wrapped in cloth, Bailey decided to step outside, against Kaede's wishes for her to rest the leg. She hobbled to the door and stepped lightly into the afternoon light. Since Inuyasha was nowhere to be seen, Bailey decided to explore the little village.

She walked down a dirt path, looking at the houses and gardens and many people scurrying about. She strolled until she came to the edge of the housing and continued walking down a little path heading through the trees. Bailey made sure to baby her leg as she made her way down the forest path, gingerly stepping over roots and avoiding branches. The path led her to a meadow, filled with beautiful yellow flowers. She could see tiny butterflies flittering to and fro and a sudden movement out of the corner of her eye caught her attention. She turned to see Shippou bounding towards her, a giant smile on his face. He skidded to a halt in front of Bailey, and jumped at her. Bailey caught the kit in her arms.

“So, the well didn't work did it?” he asked her.

Bailey frowned slightly.

“Not quite, although I did get a lovely bruise on my butt and a twisted ankle for my effort.”

This made Shippou laugh. The little fox was so cute, and his adorable bushy tail was just too much.

“Well, I guess that means I'm pretty much stuck here for a while.”

Shippou smiled.

“Yeah, but its not really all that bad, there are lots of games we could play and I could show you all the best springs for bathing, and we'll have lots of fun!”

Shippou's babbling made Bailey chuckle. The little kitsune was really growing on her and she had only been in the Feudal Era a few hours now.

“Ok, well why don't we go see those springs, and we can pick flowers on the way there.”

Shippou's face lit up.

“Yeah, that'll be great! Come on, I'll show you!”

The little fox bounded of her arms and hopped up and down with excitement before taking Bailey's hand and leading her through the meadow.

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