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Everythings working out okay so far, here's chapter two. And it will continue to if you I get replies...
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Chapter 1 - Restless
InuYasha stumbled and fell to his knees. His breathing was ragged. An earlier wound from a snake demon had reopened and was not bleeding freely.
His ears twitched as they picked up a voice calling to him. It was familiar, but very faint. His head pounded in rhythm to the rain. Again the voice called out to him. This time he could make it out slightly. It was very feminine.
"Kagome…?" He collapsed onto the mud and allowed the rain to wash away the stained blood and cool his wounds.
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Chapter 2 - Off to Kaede's
Kagome ran over to him and dropped to her knees. Her attempt to pick him up and turn him around worked and she had a good view of his blood and mud stained face.
"InuYasha! Wake up, InuYasha!" She shook his limp body.
'What if he isn't breathing?' She though, panicking. Tears welled up in her eyes. Kagome immediately brought her head down to his chest. She blushed at being so close, but brushed it aside. She concentrated on the faint beating coming from within him.
She sighed in relief. At least he wasn't dead. Now…what to do about these wounds. 'I could try to clean them, but we'll have to go back to Kaede.' She sighed and shook her head. 'She's gonna be so angry. I don't think she'll be that gentle this time. She told him to keep out of trouble and let it heal properly. He never listens.'
Kagome ran over to Kirrara and searched her backpack for her first aid kit. "Aha!"
She ran over to where InuYasha lay unconscious on the ground and began leaning his wounds; first the larger ones then the small.
"Kagome, where's the jewel shard?" Sango was looking at her from atop the Oni.
Kagome looked over it intently. She gasped.
"What's wrong?" Miroku asked her.
"There's no jewel."
"What? But you sensed it."
"I know, I know, but…I can't see any of them."
"Strange…" Miroku went back to Sango and they began conversation about what she could have possibly seen.
"Maybe she saw a fake jewel, she can sense those as well…"
"Miroku, we disposed of the jewel maker already, and unless someone's following in his footsteps, then I don't think that's the problem."
"Right, well maybe Kagome gained the power to see Naraku's wasps. The ogre was talking about Naraku sending him here. Maybe the wasps were watching."
Sango gasped. "No. The wasps, they must have taken the jewel from the Ogre after they saw he was getting beaten by InuYasha."
"But wouldn't have Kagome noticed if the jewel fled?"
"I don't know. I suppose…?"
"Sango, Miroku, help me get him on top of Kirrara." Kagome cried out to the two.
Sango and Miroku nodded and ran over to help, giving up on the shard issue.
Miroku grabbed his legs and lifted, while Sango and Kagome held onto his arms and shoulders. They carried him over to Kirrara, who lowered her body to make it easier for them to place the injured half-demon on her back. Sango got on after him.
"Kagome, you get on too and make sure he doesn't fall off." She nodded.
"But what about you?"
Miroku looked at her then at her bike. "I guess I'll be riding that."
Kagome smiled. "Have fun, we'll see you at the hut, and don't ride it off a cliff, hmm?"
Kagome specifically remembered her old new bike. The fist one was ruined, then her mother gave her a new one, which she allowed Miroku to ride…
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Flashback
2 weeks ago
"Kagome, can I borrow your traveling contraption?" Miroku asked her in a pleading manner.
"Uh…sure, but what about Kirrara? Why aren't you riding her?"
"Sango doesn't trust me to leave the area with her alone; she thinks I'll get her killed."
"Nonsense. Sango knows you care about Kirrara, you wouldn't do anything to harm her."
"That's what I thought too."
Kagome frowned. How could her female friend think so little of Miroku. She had always thought they'd end up together. But lately, it seemed that whenever something nice would happen between them, Sango would always find something else that was wrong with him. Was she trying to deny her feelings for him? Kagome sighed. When she added up all of the things that Miroku had done in the past; cheat on Sango, grope Sango, grope other women, lie about things in order to get money or food, beg random women to sleep with him; she'd probably try deny feeling for him too.
After asking Miroku to stay put, she walked up to Sango, who was cleaning her giant boomerang with her back facing Kagome. She wanted to ask her what was the matter. Why she would think something like that. Kagome opened her mouth to speak, but a familiar, but not her own, voice leave her lips. She closed them when she discovered who was talking.
Sango was now facing her, in all her angry, red-faced glory. "I know what you came to say, Kagome, so let me say it first. That lousy, no-good, perverted, Monk! He spied on me in the springs earlier!"
"But he always-" Kagome began, but Sango interrupted.
"But what more, was that he had the nerve to strip and jump into the water. I felt something touching my waist and I could have sworn it was a snake. Then he popped out!"
Kagome held back a smile.
And then a damn demon jumped out of the forest and Miroku used his wind tunnel! And he didn't even see Kirrara there. She heard me scream and came to help. If I hadn't grabbed his arm when I did, he would've sucked un Kirrara too! He didn't even try to notice! And then he-"
"Sango, calm down! Calm down. I'm sure he didn't mean it. He was trying to protect you. Calm down, okay?" Kagome gripped her shoulders and looked her in the eyes.
Sango hesitated but nodded. She sent a glare over at Miroku and turned to finish fixing up Hiraikotsu. This time she sat on the ground.
Kagome frowned. She turned around and made her way to Miroku. "You pervert! How could you do something so-so-so VILE!" She slapped him and walked away. Miroku followed her.
"Kagome, I'm sorry!"
"Don't tell that to me! Sango's the one that needs to hear it."
"If I apologize to her, can I borrow your contraption?"
"Yeah, yeah, let me see you do it."
Miroku nodded and walked over to were Sango still sat.
"Sango…?"
Kagome watched from a short distance. She couldn't hear anything. She leaned against the tree and closed her eyes.
"Umm…" Someone interrupted her. She looked up and there stood Miroku, with a big hand print on his left cheek.
Kagome smiled. "You can use it, just be careful." She pointed to her bike.
"Thanks." With that, he ran to her bike and was seated right away. He was a bit wobbly at first, but he made his way towards the east.
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The road was rocky and Miroku found it very unfamiliar. As he was riding, he noticed a smoke rise above the forest. 'What could that be…?' He though to himself. While lost in his thoughts, he seemed to have forgotten that he was supposed to be looking in front of him. He could hear horses trotting and a man yelling, but he was absorbed in the smoke. It was an array of warm colors, none of which he had seen before in smoke.
"Hey you! Move!"
"Hmm?" Miroku looked in front of him. A carriage was riding towards him.
"Aaargh!" in his attempt to move, he wobbled almost severely. And while trying to regain his balance, he drove straight off of a cliff. But luck was on his side, and he managed to grab hold of a tree limb and pull himself up. As for the bike, Kagome would be very upset with him. It lay on a small edge of the cliff, scattered in pieces. He gulped. How would he explain this one?
End Flashback
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Miroku looked at her angrily. "I said I was sorry." He mumbled.
Kagome laughed. "I know, I'm just kidding. Just be careful this time."
"Yeah, yeah…" He mumbled and rode ahead.
"Kagome, come on!" Sango called."
Kagome boarded Kirrara, in front of Sango. Her face fell immediately at the sight of InuYasha. 'InuYasha…'
Sango could feel the sadness radiating off of Kagome. "Don't worry so much…Kaede'll fix him up."
Kagome sighed. "That's what I'm worried about."
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At Kaede's Hut
"InuYasha! What did I tell ye? Why didn't ye listen?" The old woman shouted loudly at him.
InuYasha whimpered and winced. His ears folded down on his head. He had regained consciences a few minutes ago, but he wished he hadn't. She was loud. His ears were sensitive and she was deafening.
His blood boiled. It wasn't his fault. So what if he ran out towards the Ogre. He didn't know it was that big. And it wasn't even strong. If he wasn't injured at the time, he surely would of killed him right away, and with out even getting a scratch!
"Shut up ya old hag! Can't you see that I'm in pain. It wasn't my fault that thing attacked me so stop acting like it is!"
Kaede was shocked, as was Kagome and Sango. Miroku was still nowhere to be found. Shippou was asleep and Kirrara was staring at InuYasha.
"Humph! Fine then." She turned to Kagome. "Ye need to leave, all of ye."
Kagome picked up Shippou and quietly took him outside. As soon as they left the hut, a howl emerged from inside.
Kagome frowned guiltily. The bandages she wrapped InuYasha in must've stuck to the dried blood.
"What the hell didya do that for old woman?" InuYasha screamed.
Kagome shook her head and walked to a tree, there she placed Shippou to sleep. It stopped raining some time ago and was warm enough out, so he wouldn't need a blanket. She looked over at Sango, who looked worried.
"Kagome?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm gonna go look for Miroku…I'm worried."
Kagome smiled. Finally.
"Okay. Hey, umm…"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think I should leave Shippou here? Will he be safe if I do?"
"I guess, why?"
Kagome looked in the direction where they fought the oni. "I left my first aid kit. I need to get it back," She turned her attention back to the slumbering Shippou. "It's just that, I'm not sure if I can leave him here or not."
"Trust me. He'll be fine. Should we take you?"
Kagome shook her head. "No. I had it when we left. It must have fallen off somewhere nearby. You go ahead, I'll walk."
"Alright, take care. And take your bow and arrow with you."
Kagome nodded and smiled. "Thanks, I will. Now go find Miroku. And if he's walking, go find my bike, too."
Sango laughed and hopped on Kirrara. She rubbed her head. "Come one, let's go find that hentai."
Kirrara purred and flew off into the sky.
Kagome looked up. It was getting dark, she'd better hurry.
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Kagome walked for, what she thought, was about 30 or 40 minutes. 'Where's that kit, I think I missed it. It couldn't have been this far. A little while longer I guess.'
It was officially dark now. Kagome shivered. And cold.
She stopped. Was that…It was. The ogre. She walked all the way over to where they killed the ogre. 'Maybe a bird picked it up or something. Or maybe it's in my bag and I just didn't look hard enough. I should go back. Besides, it's dark and the others are probably worried about me.'
Actually, she didn't like being here alone, with a giant, dead, ogre.
She turned around and thought about running. But she stopped. Slowly, she faced the ogre again. Could it be? A-a shard. But Sango and Miroku said there was no shard.
Kagome took a deep breath and inched closer to the demon. Nothing happened. She smiled and shook her head. How stupid could she get? It was dead! A giant, dead, ogre! With a sigh, she picked up her pace and moved around the oni.
"Well, there's nothing here." She declared. "I should just-" She gasped. Kagome stood there horrorstruck and wide-eyed.
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Well, there ya go! Chapter two! Jakotsu comes in soon. I think you can guess what Kagome saw...;)
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