"That stupid, arrogant, no good jerk! All I want to do is go home, but nooo!" A fuming sixteen year old stomped through the undergrowth of Feudal Japan. "We still have to look for shards Kagome. The jewel's more important than school Kagome. Kikyou would never abandon her responsibilities Kagome. God!" The defeated school girl dropped down next to a fallen log.
"I'm so sick of letting him get to me." Kagome lifted a delicate hand to wipe away her tears. "Why do need his permission to go home anyway?" She cried. "It's my life. I mean, if it weren't for me, Inuyasha would still be trapped to that tree. But I guess, if it weren't for me, the Shikon Jewel would have never been split either."
Kagome leaned her head back on the log and sighed. "Why does my life have to be so complicated?"
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It was a hot day for the village and the resident miko's hut was overflowing with victims of the heat.
"Lady Asami, we have another one. He passed out while working the fields."
"Alright. Put him over there next to the door." The old miko turned to her assistant. "Hanako, I need more water. Hurry to the river."
"Right away, Lady Asami." The young girl grabbed a bucket and ran off towards the river. She hummed to herself while gingerly making her way to the waters edge. Hanako dipped the bucket in and started to lift it out.
"Uh, this bucket is so heavy when it's full." She complained. She almost had it when a groan caught her attention, causing the bucket to plummet back into the water.
"What was that?" Hanako carefully made her way over to where the noise came from. There on the bank lay a semiconscious young man with a massive halberd strapped to his back. He wore a warrior's garb with long black hair done in a braid, but what Hanako found most interesting was the purple cross he had on his forehead. The man groaned again, apparently coming out of his stuper.
"Am I dead?" His voice was rough from its unuse.
"No, you're alive." She informed him while helping him sit up.
"Good." The man answered. "Because I've got some unfinished buisness to attended to." He stated darkly. Hanako couldn't help but be chilled by his words.
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"Ah! Lady Kagome, here you are!"
"Hello Miroku." She greeted while trying to conceal her tear filled eyes from the monk.
"When Sango said you still hadn't returned to the village, I got a bit worried, and decided to look for you but now I see that my worries were well placed."
"What do you mean?" She asked, now beyond the point of trying to hide her tears.
"What I mean, Kagome, is if you want to go home, go home. Who cares about Inuyasha. He needs to understand that you have other duties besides the ones that are important to him."
"Thats not why I'm upset, Miroku. I mean sure I'd like to go home but right now, my duties here are more important than my duties there, and I can live with that. Its just. . ." The priestess lowered her head and let out a shaky breath. "Its just that I wish there was more to me being needed here than finishing the jewel." The monk nodded his head knowingly. "Do you think thats stupid?"
"Not at all, Kagome. Now come. Sango's waiting for us both back at Kaede's." Miroku stood and offered his hand to Kagome. Smiling, she shook her head.
"I think I'd rather stay out here a little bit longer. You don't mind telling Sango, do you?"
The monk waved his hand as if to say no problem and headed back towards the village. Kagome smiled to herself. How typical of Sango to send Miroku to do her dirty work.
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"Would you like some more raman, Shippo?" Asked Kagome.
"Sure!" He answered happily.
"Hey!" Barked the hanyou. "Why didn't you ask me if I wanted more raman?"
"Maybe because you've already had four bowls, Inuyasha?" Said the bored looking demon slayer, but Inuyasha wasn't ready to drop the issue.
"So! I work harder than everyone here and if that doesn't deserve a fifth bowl, I don't know what does." He yelled.
"Is that so, Inuyasha?" Kagome's tone was icy, but Inuyasha must have missed it.
"Sure as hell is. And don't you even try to deny it, Kagome!" The monk, kit and slayer all rolled their eyes. Would Inuyasha never learn?
"Well, in that case, then here you go." Everyone except the hanyou had seen it coming which would explain why the monk and demon slayer had suddenly decided move. Shippo was the first to speak, his laughter bouncing off the sides of the hut.
"You're, You're, You're covered in noodles!!" The kit managed to get a whole sentence out between laughs. Inuyasha just sat there, still in shock with noodles sliding off his face and hair.
"Well, guys, I think I'm going to the hot springs. And if anyone has a problem with that" The miko fixed a death glare on the wet hanyou "they can get over it."
"Feh, whatever."
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A young warrior lay on the grass twirling a broken dandelion, watching flames consume the once thriving village. With a sigh, he sat up and tossed the useless plant.
"How did I survive? The last thing I remember is that halfbreed's backlash wave and now I find myself here? Why am I back and no one else is. It doesn't make any sense! And now, I've got so much shit on my mind, I can't even enjoy destroying a puny village. Ahhgg!" The frustrated warrior slammed his fist to the ground. He stood with a sigh and turned towards the sun, watching it make its descent from the sky. The calming mood was broken when the wind blow his own scent in his face. He smelled bad.
"Time for a bath." He mumbled.
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Kagome sat with her back against a rock trying to detangle her hair. 'Uh, what I would do for a comb.' She thought. She had taken a longer bath than she meant to which meant it was getting late. 'Whoa! It's dark out here. Great job Kagome, you chose the darkest night of the year to take a bath by yourself.' She mentally scolded. With every passing second, the woods were looking more and more forbidding and she was beginning to dread walking through them. Just as she was about to head off, Kagome heard some branches snap in the direction she was heading. 'Its probably just a rabbit.' She told herself. She could clearly hear something rustling in the woods. 'Okay, a really really big rabbit' The rustling was getting louder and closer. Her thoughts were racing. 'A gaint, blood thristy, killer rabbit. A massive- Geeze girl, snap out of it and run!'
Faster than lightning strikes, Kagome was off and running, only smack face first into a . . soft tree? 'Oh god, thats no tree!' Her mind screamed. 'Its . . '
"Bankotsu!"