"Die NARAKU!" Inu Yasha yelled as he sliced down Naraku's face with Tetsusaiga. Naraku had come to meet the gang to finish them of for good and to get their jewel shards. And instead of sending Kagura or Kanna or even Kohaku, he came himself. But what he got out of all of it was a shock.
He allowed himself to be distracted by the miko to realize that the hanyou was missing. And in the end, for the first time ever, he lost. Naraku's face was full of his own blood. Inu Yasha had sliced down his face from under his left eye to the right side of his chin. For the first time since Onigumo being paralyzed from his injuries, Naraku was wounded.
"Damn (pant) you, (pant) half-breed. (pant) You, (pant) and that miko!" Naraku said as the blood came oozing out of his face by the gallon. "Even though (pant) you injured me (pant), I shall (pant) finish you off HERE AND NOW!" Naraku suddenly let out his miasma poison from under his kimono and disappeared into the smog.
"(cough, cough) Can't (cough, cough) breathe." The group complained.
"Don't (cough, choke) worry. I'm all (hack) over it." Kagome exclaimed. She pulled her bow and arrows and shot it at the source. In seconds, the miasma was gone. "Phew. Glad that's over." Shippo said as he whipped his forehead with his right arm. "Maybe…" Kagome whispered aloud.
"Wutcha mean Kagome?" Shippo asked. "Well, I've been learning all about demons from Kaede. From how long they live to how quickly they heal," Kagome explained. "And from what I saw, that wasn't enough to kill 'The Almighty Naraku'."
"Yeah," Inu Yasha agreed, "Even you could've survived that, Shippo." "Inu Yasha, be nice." Kagome scolded.
"So, what do we do now?" Sango asked. "Well, we could go back to Kaede's." Kagome suggested. "Huh? Why?" Inu Yasha asked. "From what I saw of that wound, Naraku will be out of our hair for about a week." Kagome explained. "Really?" Inu Yasha asked, unsure. "Yup. I'm actually positive that he'll be gone for a whole week. We can use this time to take a break. Ya know, stop shard hunting and relax." Kagome suggested.
"Well, we do deserve a break if ya ask me. So, lets head back to Kaede's and rest up while he's gone." Inu Yasha declared. "Alright, a break! I thought we'd ALWAYS be shard hunting and never take time off." Shippo exclaimed merrily as he skipped down the road. Awww, he's so cute when he's happy. Kagome thought to herself. When she did, a small smile crept on to her face. Inu Yasha happened to see this.
'Huh? What's she's smiling about?'
Inu Yasha thought. 'She's probably happy to go home and do those stupid tests. Why bother? They're a waste of time if you ask me. All you do is write down the answers to dumb questions on a scroll and then you get higher in that hellhole if you do good. Man, am I glad the feudal era DOESN'T have that. I feel sorry for Kagome. If I were her, I'd drop out and stay here where you don't have to worry about future stuff. Then, we'd be able to spend more time together and I wouldn't have to worry about her coming back.'Yes, I admit it, I love Kagome. I'm crazy about her. She's beautiful, kind, intelligent and caring. And her scent… Oh man how I love that scent. I don't know anything that smells better than Kagome. Not even Kikyo smelt half as good as her. I just wish she felt the same. But why would such a perfect angel even consider loving a lowly hanyou like me?
'Maybe if I were human, Kagome would love me. Yeah, it would work. It was going to work with Kikyo so why wouldn't work with Kagome? Yes, I've decided. When the jewel is whole, I'll use it to become human so Kagome will love me! Yes, it'll work! What a marvelous plan! I can't wait!'
"What can't you wait for Inu Yasha?" Kagome asked, snapping Inu Yasha out of his thoughts. "Hu- What?" Inu Yasha asked confused. "You just said 'I can't wait'. What can't you wait for?" Kagome asked again. 'Oh-no! I thought out loud! Gotta make something up, QUICK! Uh…uh…oh! I know!' "I was, uh… saying I can't wait until we get to Kaede's so I can go take a nap in my tree." Inu Yasha lied between his teeth. "Oh, well, you don't have to wait anymore." Kagome said happily. "Huh?" Inu Yasha asked a bit shocked, not understanding what Kagome meant. "We're here. Kaede's village." Miroku explained as the all walked into a village that belonged to Kaede.
"Oh." Inu Yasha sounded a bit disappointed. 'I thought you meant something else…' "Well, I gotta get going home," Kagome told her friends. "Gramps and Sota are probably trying to summon me back to the well and mom is probably making dinner for four tonight." Kagome smiled to herself again.
"Feh, whatever. Just go." Inu Yasha exclaimed rudely as he ran off towards the Goshinboku. Everyone he left behind stared in the direction he ran off in confused. "Well good-bye to you too!" Kagome yelled just as rudely and made her way to the well. The others looked in both directions and sighed. "Here we go again." They all said together and headed for Kaede's hut.