Getting Started

Kagome woke with a yawn. Today she would set out for the selections. Groaning at having to leave her bed, Kagome slowly slid the covers off and rolled out of bed. Shortly after her mother came to pester her out of bed. "Kagome, if you don't get up you're going to be late." Kagome muttered something under her breath that sounded something similar to only demons roam at this hour. "Well dear, I guess you must be a demon. Now come on, Sango is here already!" At the sound of her long distant friend's name Kagome bolted off the floor. "Sango!"

Kagome ran out the house and pounced on her old friend. "I haven't seen you in forever, Sango!" Laughing, Sango hugged her back and agreed with her childhood friend.

"So, Sango how's the village?" This caused the mood to sour. "Everyone is leaving. The village is continuously being attacked by all the demons in the area that don't agree with peace. All the demon slayers want is to retire and never fight again!" Kagome patted her shoulder. "Hasn't Kikyo been helping the village?" Sango snorted, "Ever since you left to train, she has done nothing but sit around and whine about how she's better than you. It's annoying!" Kagome scowled, "Don't tell me she's coming to this too!" "I'm afraid so Kagome."

Kagome, crestfallen, decided to change the subject. "Is Hojo coming?" "Do you want him to? I thought you weren't interested." Sango teased her. "Pff, I'd date Onigumo over him, and that's saying something." Sango shuddered, "You haven't heard? He's going out with Kikyo." Kagome just stood there with a disgusted look on her face.

After they had talked for awhile, Kagome's mother walked out of her hut. "Kagome it's time to leave! Here are some things for your journey!" She threw down a pack of clothes and supplies for traveling and the selection to Kagome. "Thanks Mama!" Sango laughed, "Well I guess we better get going."

Together, like thousands of others, they took their first steps to the selection.
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Inuyasha and Miroku were out sparring when Sesshomaru found them and seeing as how they had to leave soon, he was more than slightly perturbed. "Half breed, Monk, we are leaving." Inuyasha turned to his half brother only to be hit in the head with the monk's staff. "Oi, Miroku! Sesshomaru since when am I going with you?" Miroku mumbled an apology while trying to ignore the glare Sesshomaru was sending their way. "This Sesshomaru would prefer a toad to your presence, but Father was incessant that we travel together."

"Why?" Sesshomaru inwardly sighed, "His motives are unknown. Now come." Inuyasha, being as obstinate as ever, decided to ask even more questions. "What if I don't want to?" Sesshomaru, realizing that Inuyasha wasn't going to stop talking, simply turned and left to gather necessities for the journey. "Hey, I'm not done talking!"

Sesshomaru once he got back to his family's manor gathered anything he and his unwanted companions would need. Then he went up to his father's study to ask why he was being forced into going to the selections but decided instead to just say good bye. "Father we're departing now." Inutaisho looked up from his papers, "Oh? Very well, play nice with the other children. And Sesshomaru?" " Yes?" "Don't hurt Inuyasha too much." "Hn."

Sesshomaru went outside to the stable. He packed the things away on his two-headed steed, AhUn and mounted the dragon. Sesshomaru flew over to where he last spoke to his brother to discover that the hanyou and tied himself to a tree.

Sesshomaru didn't ask any questions. He simply materialized his acid whip and sliced through the tree inches above Inuyasha's head. "We leave five in minutes." Too freaked out to argue, Inuyasha simply nodded his head and started to untie himself.

Five minutes later they headed out towards the selections.