Notes: About my Mrs. Higurashi down the well one: it was just a weird, interesting idea I came up with one day about why she might be so easygoing about the whole thing. I have no idea what might have happened if it were true, which is why it's a 100 word, and not a full fic. :)

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READING

Kagome went downstairs, preparing herself for an impatient Inuyasha. Instead, she found him by the bookcase, looking at a book in his hands.

He turned the page.

"You can read?" she blurted out. He turned around. "I didn't meant that like it sounded," she quickly added. "I've just never seen you...."

"Only hiragana. And not very good. Mother tried to teach me." He gestured toward the books. "Though none of these make much sense. All about your world's stuff."

He's interested? "Want me to read one with you?" Kagome ventured. "I could tell you about things."

A silence. Then, "Sure."