Torture

Chapter 1

It is morning time as the sun rises towards another bright day. The entire group awakens from their long sleep. Inuyasha slept from one of the branches on the tallest tree in Kaede's village. Sango awakens with Kirara next to her. Miroku is not too far from Sango, with a handprint still fresh from last night's slap of his inappropriate use of the hands towards the demon slayer. And Shippo had awakened from his sleeping bag which Kagome brought from her time. Kagome, however, was not in the village. She was back at her present time collecting more food and supplies for her upcoming adventures with Inuyasha and the others.

Inuyasha walks into Kaede's hut and sits down as he waits for Kagome. "Does Kagome go away for this long all the time?"

"Be patient, Inuyasha." Sango replies. "You know she always returns here. It's not like the end of the world."

"Keh, whatever." Inuyasha mumbles to himself.

Even though it is a clear morning, the weather is cold. Shippo is starting to freeze. "It's so cold. I can barely walk."

"Come to think of it, I am getting that way, too." Miroku adds to the conversation. "Inuyasha, why don't you and I go and get firewood for everybody?"

Inuyasha did not want to do it, but decided to kill some time until Kagome returns. "Keh, fine."

"Please, make it quick." Shippo says. "I'll freeze to death soon."

"Grow up, Shippo!" Inuyasha replies. "You'll be fine when Miroku and I get bacccck!" The half-demon does not even notice the crack on the wooden floor. Trying to save himself from the embarrassment of falling flat on his face, Inuyasha attempts to catch onto something. The first thing that he sees is Sango's Hiraikotsu. Inuyasha grabs the boomerang and saves himself from the fall. However, his claws scratched Sango's weapon to which she had just polished and repaired from recent battles. Sango did not take it too well.

"My Hiraikotsu!" Sango yells out. "Inuyasha! You stupid…!"

"Uh…wait! What makes you think I did that on purpose?" Inuyasha attempts to explain the accident he caused, but Sango took her weapon and banged him on the head, creating a lump. Inuyasha left the hut as fast as he could, hoping that Sango would not pursue him. Fortunately for Inuyasha, she did not.

Now in the forest, Inuyasha and Miroku had been collecting firewood for some time now, but neither wanted to carry too much of it back. So, both decided to evenly carry the same amount of wood on the way back.

"We're almost back, Inuyasha." Miroku speaks to him. "The first thing you should do is apologize to Sango, even though it seemed like an accident."

"Seemed like an accident!?" Inuyasha growls at the monk. "It was an accident, stupid! Didn't you see that or were you daydreaming about women again?" As Inuyasha and Miroku walk into the hut, the first thing they both see was Sango. She was still upset about her damaged weapon, but Inuyasha was ready to say sorry to her. Before he could do so, Inuyasha trips over the same crack on the wooden floor he did before. Inuyasha decides to not catch onto something this time as he just wants to collide with the ground.

'Well, it's better than being told by Kagome to sit.' Inuyasha in thought as he crashes to the floor. However, Inuyasha still had the firewood in has arms. As he hits the floor, the firewood flies away from Inuyasha as the pieces go in different directions. Sango's weapon was put away in another room, so it could not be damaged. But, Miroku's staff was not in that other room. It had been placed against the wall to where he slept the night before. And some of that firewood landed on Miroku's object, thus breaking it in half.

"Huh? My staff!" Miroku cries out. "Now I have to replace it."

As Inuyasha attempts to get back up on his feet, he was greeted by an unhappy monk.

"Inuyasha…" Miroku seemingly upset at the half-demon. Inuyasha looked at him and had a feeling what was coming.

"Oh no…" Inuyasha mumbling. Miroku uses a part of his broken staff and hits Inuyasha on the head, creating a second lump. Then, Miroku steps over Inuyasha in order to get to the other room. In the next room over, Miroku and Sango wanted to stay away from Inuyasha for the moment.

"Does Inuyasha have to be reckless?" Sango says.

"You said it, Sango." Miroku adds.

"I hope I'm not next in line." Shippo interrupting.

"Then, I would just stay here, Shippo, until Kagome gets back from her time." Sango suggesting. Shippo happily agrees. Besides, he does not want to get into Inuyasha's way right now.