The gang had been searching for days for the last of the jewel shards, as the weather got colder with every day. Inuyasha kept pushing them forward, hoping to find at least one shard before the weather hit. Everyone said it looked like it would be the worst storm they would see in a long time.
Inuyasha huffed in impatience, looking back at the others shouting, "oi! Come on you guys are slowing me down i could've found all the shards by now!" Kagome glared at him and yelled back "we've been walking for hours inuyasha!" Her teeth started to chatter as the first snowflakes fell. Seeing this, inuyasha sighed and fell back to her, taking off his haori and wrapping it over her, pulling her onto his back as he kept walking. Sango and miroku sighed, continuing to walk after the two as the snow fell harder. Shippo was asleep curled up in sangos arms being too tired and cold to stay awake. "Inuyasha, we need to set up camp!" Sango said as they walked for another hour, "we are going to get sick if we dont start a fire!" Sango stubbornly sat down in a spot protected from the elements, indicating she would go no further. Inuyasha just ke'h as the others sat down, "fine! Kagome and i will go get some food and firewood." He grumbled as he walked away.
Kagome was dozing lightly as inuyasha carried her through the woods in search of food, when she suddenly felt him stop and sniff the air. She quickly sat up, thinking they were about to be attacked. "Inuyasha?" She whispered, scared, "what is it?" She jumped when he suddenly cursed. "Fuck!" He growled out before starting to run, "we need to find cover!" He suddenly spotted a cave to his left, running inside, barely making it before the storm hit, forcing them further in. Thankfully it was vacant. They watched in horror as the blizzard outside piled up the cave entrance, trapping them inside.