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punkish furball – Hello everybody! Sorry for being gone so long! I make no excuses and humbly ask your apology with this drabble series.

Words to Ponder:

This is a Hetalia/InuYasha drabble series! It's nothing too serious; it's just something a little fun for me to do while working on other stories. I'm guessing they'll probably be about 500 to 1,500 words long. There also isn't any real pairing. I guess the closet thing you could expect to that is a sort of Kagome/nations harem thing.

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Drabble 1: First Kiss

Kagome hummed softly to herself as she walked through InuYasha's Forest to search for the herbs Kaede needed. The group was currently resting in Edo after fighting in a recent battle for shards of the Shikon no Tama in a small clearing by the village. Naraku was no longer part of the big picture; he was eliminated only weeks ago by the group of shard hunters.

However, the victory was short lived as the portion of the jewel that Naraku had in his possession was shattered in the heat of battle. Without the demented hanyou to compete with them, the shards were recovered in record time. The shard hunting group already had at least three quarters of the jewel collected and fused together.

Although the group obtained the jewel shards from the demon in this most recent battle, everyone sustained a serious injury that Kaede personally had to tend to. After having her arm set in a makeshift splint, Kagome went looking for medicinal plants to replace the ones Kaede used to heal her and her friends. It was the least she could do; she was in no condition with her broken arm to help tend to the others.

"A-ha!" Kagome exclaimed when she discovered the clearing containing the herbs she sought. She knelt down on the ground, being careful not to move her arm around too much.

Before she could begin picking, Kagome felt a strange aura gently caress her senses. Kagome looked around to search for the source of the unique energy until she found it. Standing a few meters away from her slightly hidden by a row of bushes was a small black haired boy with wide, innocent brown eyes watching her intently. The aura he possessed was certainly a strange one—it was neither demonic nor human-like in nature—and it felt strangely familiar although Kagome knew she had never seen this boy before. However, Kagome was never one to be mean to a child no matter how strange he seemed.

"Hi there," Kagome called out to the little boy. She giggled softly when he started to blush and shy away from her.

"Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you," she continued with a smile. She stood up and walked closer to the boy.

"Are you lost?" Kagome asked. The boy shook his head and walked away from the shadows of the foliage that surrounded him so he stood in the clearing next to Kagome.

"I'm waiting for my nii-san," he quickly answered. Kagome was surprised at how clearly and confidently the boy spoke. He seemed much older than he appeared.

"Would you like me to wait with you?" Kagome suggested, "My name is Kagome. What's yours?"

"I'm Kiku," the boy answered and smiled softly, "I'm so happy to meet you. Yao-nii spoke of you a lot."

"Huh?" Kagome remarked.

"There you are, little one, aru," a voice said from behind Kagome and Kiku.

Kagome turned to see a young man a little bit taller than herself walk into the clearing. He was wearing a green mandarin style jacket with yellow pants and his dark brown hair was pulled into a low ponytail at the base of his neck. He had brown eyes like Kiku only they were slightly brighter in color and a small smile on his face. Like Kiku, he had the same strange aura and he also felt familiar to her only this relation seemed more distant than the one she felt with Kiku.

'He seems older than he looks too,' Kagome thought. She assumed that this man was the Yao-nii Kiku had mentioned before.

"Thank you for looking after him, aru," the man said to Kagome, "I was a little worried when I couldn't find him nearby."

He looked over at Kiku sternly and Kagome realized that Kiku might not have been telling the truth about waiting for Yao. He probably went away without him knowing.

"No problem," Kagome said and then asked, "Have we met before? You seem familiar." Kagome knew that she had never seen this man before, but she wanted to find out how this man knew about her.

"No, we haven't," the man answered without the smile on his face faltering, "but I doubt there is anyone who hasn't heard of your journey to complete the Shikon no Tama. This country owes a great debt to you, miko-san, aru."

Kagome blushed at the complements the young man was giving her; she never really gave much thought to how her and her friend's journey affected other people in Japan or how many people actually knew about the group's travels.

"Please forgive my rudeness, aru," the young man said and bowed deeply, "I'm Wang Yao from the continent, and this is my younger brother, Kiku."

"Oh! I'm Higurashi Kagome," Kagome replied and bowed in return.

'So he's from China,' Kagome thought, 'that explains how he's dressed and his accent.'

Kagome looked to the sky and noticed that it was getting dark. She had been out longer than she expected.

"Oh crap!" Kagome exclaimed, "I was supposed to be back by now." She bent down and began to rapidly pick herbs from the ground.

"I take it you need to be somewhere, aru," Yao commented. Even though Kagome wasn't looking at him, she could tell he was amused at her expense.

"Yeah," Kagome answered. She stopped picking when she noticed two sets of hands join her as she uprooted the plants.

'They're helping me?' Kagome thought as she watched Yao and Kiku gather the herbs in their hands.

'Why is it they seem so familiar to me? I know I've never met them before.'

"This should be enough, right?" Yao asked, "They're for your village, aru?"

Kagome looked at hers, Kiku's, and Yao's bunches of herbs carefully. "This is perfect. Thank you for helping me!"

"You're welcome, Kagome-san," Yao said, "It's the least I can do to thank you for looking after Kiku-chan, aru. And of course, we'll also escort you back to your village."

Kiku began to nod vigorously while holding his bundle of herbs against his chest. Kagome quietly gulped; the boy looked so adorable with the red blush lighting up his pale cheeks and the dark green leaves pressed carefully and protectively against him.

"You're just too cute, Kiku-chan!" Kagome exclaimed and pulled the boy to her chest with her uninjured arm and cuddled him closely to her.

Yao smiled when Kiku closed his eyes and sighed happily while lying against Kagome's chest. He was initially angry when he discovered Kiku, the humanoid representation of the country of Japan, intentionally sought out a human especially one of Japan's most important citizens. But when he saw how happy the small boy was to see her, Yao decided that he could let the incident side for now.

'I'm going to have to be a little stricter with him though, aru,' Yao thought, 'He can't get so attached to an ordinary human.'

"Well then," Yao said, "Shall we get going, aru?"

Kagome nodded and stood up while still holding Kiku against her with her uninjured arm. The boy was reluctant to let her go, but she didn't mind. Yao politely carried all of the herbs that he, Kagome and Kiku had gathered while she held Kiku. Kagome walked slightly ahead of Yao and led the way to the village. The two of them made good conversation while walking with Kiku making a few comments here and there; he was very intuitive for a small child.

"Are you sure you don't want to stay for dinner?" Kagome asked Yao after she set Kiku down on the ground. They reached the village, but she didn't want them to leave just yet. Sadly, Yao nodded his head and handed the herbs to Kagome.

"I'm afraid that we cannot, aru," Yao said, "Kiku and I have to be going."

"Alright," Kagome replied disheartened.

"We will meet again, Kagome-chan," Kiku assured her in a small voice, tugging at the hem of Kagome's skirt. Kagome smiled and knelt down and gave the boy a hug.

"I look forward to it, Kiku-chan," Kagome answered and kissed the boy on the cheek.

"Until we meet again, aru," Yao said to Kagome. He pulled the young woman into a hug and kissed her forehead before he pulled away. Kagome watched as the two beings leave and sighed. It felt like a part of her was missing.

'I wonder what they are,' Kagome thought. She pulled back the matted straw door to Kaede's hut and walked inside.

"There ye are, Kagome-san," Kaede said. She was sitting in front of a fire boiling something in a black pot. Miroku, Sango, and InuYasha were leaning against the walls of the hut resting with Shippo playing in the corner with Kirara.

"You were gone for a long time," Sango said, "We were starting to worry about you."

"Sorry for taking so long," Kagome replied, "I got side tracked."

She handed the herbs to Kaede for the old priestess to inspect. She gave her an approving nod and set them aside to use them later.

InuYasha huffed, "Yeah right. Who were you with? You got some weird scent on you."

"Weird like what?" Kagome asked innocently. She sat down near the corner where Shippo was playing and tried hide her guilt.

InuYasha shrugged his shoulder and said, "I dunno. Never smelled anything like it."

"Did you have a strange encounter while you were out, Kagome-sama?" Miroku asked, eyeing Kagome suspiciously.

"You do have a habit of attracting attention," Sango contributed.

"Don't worry about me," Kagome said, trying to reassure her friends, "It was nothing I couldn't handle."

"Feh," InuYasha said and crossed his arms against his chest, "Just don't expect me to come rushing in the save you when you get in over your head."

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punkish furball – And so they meet! The next chapter should be out soon. It'll probably a little shorter than this one and I'm also working on updating something else soon.

L83R, DUD35!

(revised 02.18.2013)