Looking out across the mountains, Sango, Shippou, and Miroku wondered if there somewhat stubborn friend was alright. She had stormed off so fast that Sango didn't have the chance to tell her that they were near the demon slayers village. Sango had always had a hard time when they got close to her now destroyed village. She wished that she had her friends comfort and company. It was not as if the others weren't there, she just wanted Kagome to be with her and tell her it was alright. She always has had a peaceful aura. The ones you would find in the people who truly care about others. Sango's head dropped in utter disappointment. She saw a pebble and kicked it over the side of the mountain, watching it fall to its rocky death.

After kagome stormed off, Inuyasha got up and almost went to go after her. Figuring the mood she was in was dangerous to his well being, he decided that she was strong enough to get back to the bone eaters well by herself.

Being close to her old village, Sango suggested that they go stay there. Before she had set off with the group, she had built a mini hut for her to say in when she wanted to come and tend to the graves of her people. It was small, but if every one didn't mind touching a little, they could all fit in. Miroku wasn't one to protest, insisting that he sleep next to the slayer to keep her warm. Sango didn't like that idea.

They walked for a ways until they saw a huge wood fence made up of pillars of wood. It looked as though the pillars were just trees held together, except instead of branches or leaves at the top, they were sharpened into a clean point, threatening anything or anyone who tried to get over it. Sango lead the group through the gate and then stopped when she got to her mini hut. While the group had started to build a fire, the sky started to go into overcast.

"That's weird. It was so sunny a moment ago." Sango thought out loud, catching everybody's attention.

"It's probably going to storm tomorrow. The animals have already started to head for shelter. Heh. I bet kagome wishes she would have listened to me.' Inuyasha stated proudly with a smug grin on his face. 'That's what she gets.' chuckling darkly, he caught shippous attention. Shippou stuck his tongue out at the doting hanyou. 'He deserves it.'

"I hope Kagome-chan managed to get home safely. If she stays on the dirt path, she should be able to make it there before it starts to storm." Sango stated, worrying for her friend.

"Dear Sango, I'm sure she's there as we speak." Miroku said, while slipping his hand some where it didn't belong.

"Think of the situation at hand you lecherous fiend!" SLAP. Sango gave him a hard a slap and an earful.

"It is not my fault! This cursed hand has a mind of its own!" Miroku defended himself, holding up his hand with his other, pretending to restrain it. This earned an eye roll from the, now angered and slightly embarrassed, slayer.

Setting up the fire was more than easy. There was debris everywhere from the demolished mess of what used to be houses. Grabbing a few pieces, shippou threw them on the fire. 'Kagome would be so proud of me. I hope she's all right.' Shippou loved it when kagome praised him for helping. He would have to tell her how much of a man he was when she got back.

Once everything was set up, inuyasha decided to go the nearest river and catch some dinner. Everybody was starving. They hadn't eaten since kagome left. They were just so used to ramen in the afternoon that they had forgotten to eat.

The fish were plentiful. It looked like they could sense the on coming storm was going to be a bad one, and decided to swim to the part of the river that would get the lesser damage. This made inuyasha worry, much to his discomfort. 'Kagome better not be stopping to sleep for the night. It looks like it's only going to get worse.'

Catching multiple fish by only plunging his hand into the water and grabbing, He made his way back to the group. Getting there, all eyes were on him.

"Wow! That's a lot of fish!" shippou sang happily. This meant that inuyasha wouldn't try to steal his portion since there was so much.

"Inuyasha, where did you get all that fish? There's usual only a few this time of day in the river around here. "Sango eyed the fish, wary. They had always had to fish earlier because all the fish had already migrated to the other side of the river by dinner time. It was unusual.

"They probably thought that that was the safest place to be for the storm. I don't know, but we're going to eat good tonight!" inuyasha was ecstatic. He was going to get to eat tons of his favorite fish. 'Watch out Shippou. This doesn't mean that I still won't take your portion too' inuyasha had a big grin on his face while looking over at the little kit. 'This doesn't look good' shippou gulped.

It had been another day since the young miko stormed away from the group of travelers. The sun was just about to rise, though you couldn't tell under all the dark grey storm clouds. The Trees started to blow from a fierce wind that came out of know where. The animals had already taken their cover through out the night;They had known a storm was approaching.

Kagome Had just started to waken as the thunder started to sound. Her azure eyes darted open, while her body moved on instinct to a near by bush with her sleeping bag still attached to her slim yet curvy body. She had the strange feeling that someone was, or had been, watching her.

After the shock of getting woken up so suddenly wore off, she examined her situation. The sky was harsh looking; the trees were whipping this way and that, looking more like they were fighting rather than dancing like the previous day. 'Just my luck! I bet Miroku has already swindled his way into another unsuspecting person's home.'

Shaking the though from her mind, she started to quickly gather her things, which was a hassle when the wind decided to blow her belongings all around. Her bag looked to have been torn apart some time through out the night. 'It was probably the animals.' she sighed deeply.

"First the weather and now the animals? What have I ever done to you!" she looked up, shaking an angry fist and glaring at the sky, cursing the kamis.

Once kagome finally got done releasing her anger and picked up all of her important materials, she decided to leave the rest of the things, which consisted of math home work, paper cups, and a charm in the shape of a ramen bowl from one of the bracelets that she had made for her friends.

"Sorry Inuyasha. I'll get you another one" she whispered to herself while she fled.

After running for a few minutes, the rain started to pick up. It was light at first, but then it started to down pour, leaving the tired from running miko soaking wet. Little tiny rivers started to form in the ditches on what used to be dust covered path. Now it was just a muddy mess.

While focusing on the situation at hand, which was Find shelter, Kagome forgot to keep track of her feet and tripped over a tree root that was stuck out of the ground in the middle of the path. Falling, she went tumbling down face first onto the ground, painfully smashing her mouth on a rock. She put her hand over her mouth and went to her feet. Desperate to find shelter, she brushed off the pain that came with her now blood filled mouth and continued her search. Looking around, she peered out into the distance.

'Oh thank Kami!' she had spotted a cave! She did a mental happy dance and made a mad dash to the mountain that housed the cave. When getting there, she had to take a step back. Now looking at it up close, it looked…out of place. Eerie was a good word. The mountain looked more like a bunch of massive rocks were pilled together in a heap. It didn't look too sturdy and had a bad aura, but who was she to be picky? Maybe it wasn't as bad as she thought. Never judge a book by its cover, right? She questioned herself. Was she really going to go in there?

She looked back at her surroundings. The trees were drooping unhappily, not being used to so much water on them. That didn't make the situation any more chipper.

"It's really not that high up' She thought to herself. The only thing she could do now was climb. Climb as high as her small body could take her. She saw an edge that jutted out of the rock, grabbing it she started to slowly hoist her wet body up the mountain. Being careful not to slip on the already wet rocks, she slowly made her way upward towards the cave.

Touching the opening was like having a hot bath after months of travel through the country side. Putting her foot where her hand last was, she managed to climb her way up the mountain and at a good time to.

Looking out from the cave, she found the river she was wishing for the night before, except it was gorged with so much water that it had started to over flow, making every thing in its path wash away. Debris was flowing down the huge body of water. Tree branches, wooden wagons, crops, washed all down the river. The turbulence was making the river a light brown color filled with mud and dirt.

Peeling her eyes off the river, she looked to see what she had to work with. It was rather small, but it looked sturdy despite her earlier assumptions. She started to lay her soaked through sleeping bag and supplies out when she noticed a sharp pain in her mouth. Her tongue quickly rushed over to the pained spot and, to her surprise, there was nothing. Practically screaming she rushed to her bag to retrieve her small hand held mirror that was slightly cracked from the fall. "Great!" She shouted. "I lost a tooth! My mom is going to kill me!"

Huffing in annoyance, kagome went to her medical kit that was, thankfully, not too wet and got some gauze to stop the bleeding. 'That should do it' Putting away her medical supplies, she decided to go huddle up in the corner and sleep. 'Stupid inuyasha. If you weren't such a jerk, this would have never happened! You owe me a new tooth!' While silently cursing inuyasha, she drifted into a light sleep.

Nothing ever goes Kagome's way. That's okay. She'll be getting a surprise soon! Muahahahahah!

~AiOtaku