Kohaku's ride transported him back to Naraku's castle, back to his master.
Kohaku still hadn't noticed that the jewel shard was missing from the
pouch. He finally got there and in a trancelike state walked into the
castle. He entered his master's room. "Kohaku, you have returned. Now give
me the shard and be gone with you." Kohaku walked up to Naraku and handed
him the pouch. He turned and abruptly walked out of the room. "Kohaku!!!!"
Kohaku cringed at the sound of his master's angry voice. He turned around
and slowly walked up to him. "Yes master?" he said falling to his knees and
bowing his head. "Do you take me for a fool? This pouch is empty!" He said
tossing it at Kohaku's head. "I can't believe I send two different people
out to get one shard and they both fail, pathetic." Kohaku bowed his head
lower. "Yeah you should be ashamed, I have no use for you now, join your
pathetic family in their graves." Kohaku slowly stood up and walked out of
the room; he went to his holding area and gathered his very little amount
of belongings. He quietly walked out of the castle, wondering where he
would go from here. "I have no one, yet I still can't stop thinking about
that girl that claims to be my sister. She seems like a very nice and
caring person. Then there is Sesshoumaru, did Naraku really make me save
him?" Kohaku walked through the night, alert at every noise he heard. He
hated to admit it, but he was afraid. "I am on my own now" He clutched his
sickle tightly incase anything came at him. "Where will I find this girl?"
He found a hidden spot under a tree and curled up and went to sleep.
"Kagome are you sure this is safe, I mean letting Sesshoumaru lead us, in a way." Sango asked as she carefully watched Sesshoumaru, who was standing on top of a hill, surveying the land around them. Kagome thought. "Yeah, I mean he took good care of me and all, sure he called me a wench once or twice, but other then that I was fine." Sango accepted Kagome's answer but secretly she wasn't ready to fully trust Sesshoumaru yet. She decided that she was going to keep a close eye on him, to make sure he wasn't up to anything. Kirara was on her shoulder, also watching Sesshoumaru carefully. Sango was tense and a bit surprised when she felt something land on her other shoulder. She quickly turned her head to see Shippo. "It's ok Sango; if Kagome trusts him then it must be ok." Sango relaxed a bit, she wondered why she was getting herself so worked up about this, but there was something that she could sense. She couldn't put her finger on it. "Ok we will start moving now, if we are lucky we will make it across this field in one day." Sesshoumaru said as he slowly walked up to the group. "Everyone get your stuff together, because we are not stopping, nor are we returning to retrieve forgotten items." Everyone gathered up their belongings. Kagome quickly stuffed everything in her bag. "Kagome, what about your test?" Sango asked as she saw Kagome stuff her notebook in her bag. "Uh......oh dear, I forgot, I have never really been this far from the well for this long either." She looked up at Sesshoumaru, who had his back turned to her and obviously thinking about the journey ahead. "I don't know Sango; do you think I should ask him if we can just stay in Kaede's for one day, while I stock up on supplies and take this test?"
Kagome and Sango slowly walked up to Sesshoumaru. "What do you want?" He asked without turning his head. Kagome slowly walked in front of him. "Look I was wondering if we can go to Kaede's village? I need to go to my house for a day to stock up on some supplies and I need to take an important test."
"Hmm... what is this test she talks of, and what are "supplies" well I guess she hasn't really had a chance to ask me before, how long has she been in this place? How would she go back home? I might as well let her. Here comes kindness again. Well in a way my brother will suffer longer, the longer we take. "
"Fine, we will go. You can get your supplies, what ever those are."
Miroku grinned, the thought of being in a village made him happy, all the girls. "Don't get any ideas" Sango said harshly. Everyone started to head towards the village that too would take a day to get to.
"Great now we will waste at least two days of time my brother will suffer longer.*smiles* I guess letting her get her stuff will keep her quiet for the journey when we do start it." Sesshoumaru thought as he walked beside Kagome. He looked down at her, she seemed happy that she had got her way. Sango pulled her a side and quietly talked to her. "So Kagome, what is it like in your world? I mean you brought some of your clothes for me to try on but you mentioned some modern things that you guys have, what are those?" "Why don't you come with me this time to see, my family won't mind. I mean if they don't mind Inu......" she stopped short. "They won't mind" Kagome quickly smiled. "Well if you're sure...I'll go." Their whispering drifted over to Sesshoumaru's sensitive ears, he heard every word. "So the exterminator is going with her, interesting. I wonder if she will bring Tetsusaiga with her" "Hey, Sesshoumaru" Sesshoumaru quickly turned his head to Miroku's voice. Taken out of his thoughts, he looked at Miroku expectantly. "Now that we are going to a village we can look at all the girls, what do you say?" Sesshoumaru looked at Miroku and cocked his eyebrow. "Is that all you do monk?" He questioned coldly. He walked ahead to catch up with Kagome. "Perhaps he is not a womanizer like you Miroku." Shippo said trying to comfort his friend.
After a whole day of walking in a considerable amount of silence they finally made it to Kaede's village. Kagome and Sango walked to the well. "Where are they going?" Miroku asked half to himself. "To her world." Sesshoumaru replied. "Where ever that is." "Well why don't we watch them?" Suggested Miroku. "Is that all you think about? Watching women?" Miroku looked at Sesshoumaru, and nodded proudly. "Well I am going to the bushes beside the well; you can join me if you like." Miroku started to leave. "Miroku! Wait for me!" wailed Shippo as he ran after Miroku. Sesshouamru was now on his own; free to think and go over what had been happening lately. "My Halfling brother is in hell with that wench, I am in control of this group, whether they think it or not. I have my pitiful brother's girl, and she can't sit me. Now where has Jaken been?"
"Ok Sango, you hold my hand and then we just jump in." Sango nodded and stepped up to the edge with Kagome; they both tightened their grip to each others hands and jumped. Sango could see black in front of her, she could feel herself falling. "Are you sure we won't hurt ourselves when we land?" "Yeah I am sure" Just as Kagome finished saying that Sango felt herself gently land on the ground. "Now we just climb out" The two teens climbed out and walked out of the shrine. Sango looked in awe and the building. "That is my house. Later I might show you the sacred tree." They both walked towards the house.
"Kagome are you sure this is safe, I mean letting Sesshoumaru lead us, in a way." Sango asked as she carefully watched Sesshoumaru, who was standing on top of a hill, surveying the land around them. Kagome thought. "Yeah, I mean he took good care of me and all, sure he called me a wench once or twice, but other then that I was fine." Sango accepted Kagome's answer but secretly she wasn't ready to fully trust Sesshoumaru yet. She decided that she was going to keep a close eye on him, to make sure he wasn't up to anything. Kirara was on her shoulder, also watching Sesshoumaru carefully. Sango was tense and a bit surprised when she felt something land on her other shoulder. She quickly turned her head to see Shippo. "It's ok Sango; if Kagome trusts him then it must be ok." Sango relaxed a bit, she wondered why she was getting herself so worked up about this, but there was something that she could sense. She couldn't put her finger on it. "Ok we will start moving now, if we are lucky we will make it across this field in one day." Sesshoumaru said as he slowly walked up to the group. "Everyone get your stuff together, because we are not stopping, nor are we returning to retrieve forgotten items." Everyone gathered up their belongings. Kagome quickly stuffed everything in her bag. "Kagome, what about your test?" Sango asked as she saw Kagome stuff her notebook in her bag. "Uh......oh dear, I forgot, I have never really been this far from the well for this long either." She looked up at Sesshoumaru, who had his back turned to her and obviously thinking about the journey ahead. "I don't know Sango; do you think I should ask him if we can just stay in Kaede's for one day, while I stock up on supplies and take this test?"
Kagome and Sango slowly walked up to Sesshoumaru. "What do you want?" He asked without turning his head. Kagome slowly walked in front of him. "Look I was wondering if we can go to Kaede's village? I need to go to my house for a day to stock up on some supplies and I need to take an important test."
"Hmm... what is this test she talks of, and what are "supplies" well I guess she hasn't really had a chance to ask me before, how long has she been in this place? How would she go back home? I might as well let her. Here comes kindness again. Well in a way my brother will suffer longer, the longer we take. "
"Fine, we will go. You can get your supplies, what ever those are."
Miroku grinned, the thought of being in a village made him happy, all the girls. "Don't get any ideas" Sango said harshly. Everyone started to head towards the village that too would take a day to get to.
"Great now we will waste at least two days of time my brother will suffer longer.*smiles* I guess letting her get her stuff will keep her quiet for the journey when we do start it." Sesshoumaru thought as he walked beside Kagome. He looked down at her, she seemed happy that she had got her way. Sango pulled her a side and quietly talked to her. "So Kagome, what is it like in your world? I mean you brought some of your clothes for me to try on but you mentioned some modern things that you guys have, what are those?" "Why don't you come with me this time to see, my family won't mind. I mean if they don't mind Inu......" she stopped short. "They won't mind" Kagome quickly smiled. "Well if you're sure...I'll go." Their whispering drifted over to Sesshoumaru's sensitive ears, he heard every word. "So the exterminator is going with her, interesting. I wonder if she will bring Tetsusaiga with her" "Hey, Sesshoumaru" Sesshoumaru quickly turned his head to Miroku's voice. Taken out of his thoughts, he looked at Miroku expectantly. "Now that we are going to a village we can look at all the girls, what do you say?" Sesshoumaru looked at Miroku and cocked his eyebrow. "Is that all you do monk?" He questioned coldly. He walked ahead to catch up with Kagome. "Perhaps he is not a womanizer like you Miroku." Shippo said trying to comfort his friend.
After a whole day of walking in a considerable amount of silence they finally made it to Kaede's village. Kagome and Sango walked to the well. "Where are they going?" Miroku asked half to himself. "To her world." Sesshoumaru replied. "Where ever that is." "Well why don't we watch them?" Suggested Miroku. "Is that all you think about? Watching women?" Miroku looked at Sesshoumaru, and nodded proudly. "Well I am going to the bushes beside the well; you can join me if you like." Miroku started to leave. "Miroku! Wait for me!" wailed Shippo as he ran after Miroku. Sesshouamru was now on his own; free to think and go over what had been happening lately. "My Halfling brother is in hell with that wench, I am in control of this group, whether they think it or not. I have my pitiful brother's girl, and she can't sit me. Now where has Jaken been?"
"Ok Sango, you hold my hand and then we just jump in." Sango nodded and stepped up to the edge with Kagome; they both tightened their grip to each others hands and jumped. Sango could see black in front of her, she could feel herself falling. "Are you sure we won't hurt ourselves when we land?" "Yeah I am sure" Just as Kagome finished saying that Sango felt herself gently land on the ground. "Now we just climb out" The two teens climbed out and walked out of the shrine. Sango looked in awe and the building. "That is my house. Later I might show you the sacred tree." They both walked towards the house.