Chapter 7 Enter Kohaku
The following morning, Inuyasha wakes up, while Kagome is still sleeping. 'I bet Miroku wants to come along." He said quietly, not to wake up his wife. He gets to his suitcase and puts on his robe of the fire rat over her undershirt. He even takes the Tetsusaiga and puts it on his left side waist. He leaves the room, and looks back to see Kagome, "I'll make sure your father and I will get along. Count on it." He smiles and closes the doors behind.
Inuyasha knows the room Miroku is sleeping in. He quietly goes in and smirks. "This will be a good time as any." Inuyasha looks to find a pitcher of water on the table by his mirror. He sees Miroku asleep in his bed. He grabs the pitcher, and to make sure the water doesn't swish, he dumps onto Miroku's head. "Hey what the hell?" Miroku shoots as he bolts out of his sleep. Inuyasha couldn't help but laugh at Miroku's reaction. "Oh man, you should've seen your face." Inuyasha said trying to calm down from the giggles. Miroku glares at him, "Oh Inuyasha you're dead!" Miroku literally runs after Inuyasha, but Inuyasha is way faster than Miroku thanks his demonic speed. "Before you kill me Miroku, how about we go for a hunt?" Inuyasha said. Miroku stops in his tracks. "As long I can get you back for waking me up, I'll go." Miroku glares at him as he grabs a towel to dry of his face. "Good. Get ready, because we'll be leaving in 10 minutes." Inuyasha said as he leaves Miroku's room. "I don't know why I hang out with him." Miroku said to himself quietly, hoping that Inuyasha didn't hear him. He grabs his monk robes, and gets his sandals and his staff. Inuyasha is downstairs by the main doors of the castle. He then hears the jingles rings from Miroku's staff. "Alright let's get this show on the road." Miroku said as he comes down the stairs. "Let's go." Inuyasha said as they open the door.
Inuyasha and Miroku got to the cherry blossom tree that Hige wanted to meet them, but Hige was nowhere to be found. "Where could he be?" Miroku asks scanning the area. "He said he'd be here by 7:00 am. and it's 7:05 am. he must've ditched us." Inuyasha said. "I'm not sure, but maybe he overslept." Miroku said. "No I smelled the castle and he wasn't there at all." Inuyasha corrected him. I had to be sure that either rather or not that Hige was at the castle before they had to before they go for a morning hunt. "We should go look for him." Miroku said to Inuyasha. "No good, I can't even find him anywhere in here." Inuyasha crosses his arms. "But why would he just let us be here unaware about what's gonna happen?" Inuyasha asks him. "I'm not really sure, Inuyasha." Miroku answers him. "Well since the king refuses to come to meet up and hunt, we'll have to go browse the area." Miroku said as he goes in one direction. Inuyasha sighs as he goes with Miroku. A few minutes later while walking down the wooded path in the forest, they heard a little kid giggling. "Is it me, of is there a kid here in the forest?" Miroku asks. Inuyasha's listening to where the giggling is coming from. He twitches his right ear to get an accurate spot. "Find you!" He jumps and attacks the source of the giggling. But the source jumped out of the way. Inuyasha lands back on the land gracefully. As well as the figure did in front of them. "Looks like it's that kid who did the giggling." Miroku said coming to Inuyasha. The figure is a little boy with brown hair in a high ponytail, with freckles on his face with brown eyes. "Prepare to die, Half-demon." The kid warns Inuyasha. "You've got to be kidding me." Inuyasha shakes his head. "Wait a minute Inuyasha, his outfit looks like Sango's." Miroku said. Inuyasha takes a closer look at the clothing. The clothes he's wearing is similar to Sango's fighting uniform, but the cups and straps with green and bit of teal. And his weapon is a sickle with a long chain to the bottom of it. "Who are you and what do you want with me?" Inuyasha yells at him angrily. "I don't have to answer your question. I'm here to slay you." The kid said as he pulls out his sickle and attacks Inuyasha. Inuyasha grabs the sickle with his bare hands and throws it away. "I beg of you to spare me." The kid pleas to the half-demon. Miroku comes up to them. "Inuyasha, I believe I've met him before." Inuyasha turns to him, "What do you mean?" Miroku looks closely to the kid, "Would you happen to be Kohaku?" He asks. The kid nods. "Yes, I'm Kohaku the demon slayer. And how is it that you know me?" Kohaku glares at Miroku. "About 2 years ago, I was coming to a village to do an exorcist and it turned out that you had already did that work before I came there." He said. Kohaku nods, "Yeah I was a wondering demon slayer, just doing what I can to survive, making money." Kohaku explains after Inuyasha puts him down. "Oh, so why are you here to kill Inuyasha?" Miroku asks. "It was the king that requested me to do so." Kohaku answers. Inuyasha sighs, "Wow, and I thought that Kagome's father and I would get to know each other." He goes sits on a rock by a creek. "I guess I was sort of a prince, but I'm a lord, which I didn't tell you because my parents were the Lord and Lady of the Western Lands, and I inherited the title of my father, but I didn't wanted to though, because I was kicked out when my parents passed away." Inuyasha explains. Miroku comes to him. "Inuyasha, Kagome would be proud of you if you did something for what she wanted." Inuyasha looks at his reflection. "It wouldn't be possible for me to change. I just want to make her happy." He said. He just remembered, as he pulls out the card Kikyo gave him last night. "Hold the phone, Happiness a teardrop away." He turns to Miroku. "Miroku what was the saddest thing that happened to you." Miroku thinks for a minute. "Well sometimes I remember in my childhood, that I lost my father when his Wind Tunnel sucked him in. I sometimes have nightmares about that time." Miroku confessed he never told that time, but it was the only way to make tears come out of his eyes. Inuyasha quickly let his tear drop onto the card. The card begins to pop out a bubble. Then Fairy Godmother Kikyo comes on, "Hello, this is Fairy God Mother Kikyo. I may be away with a client, or at my office. But I'll gladly make a personal appointment. Have a happily ever after." The bubble burst with glitter after it. Inuyasha smiles, "We have a quest to do, Miroku." Miroku nods, "Good because I thought that today was going to be boring." As they left Kohaku comes to them. "I'm sorry I tried to kill you." He said to Inuyasha. Inuyasha turns to the kid, "No problem, you can come too." Miroku protest, "Are you crazy? That kid tried to kill you." Inuyasha puts his hand on Miroku's shoulder. "He tried, but deep down, he regrets it. He has nowhere to go. He needs a better life to live." Kohaku smiles, "Thank you, Inuyasha. I'll be helpful on your journey." The men smiled, "Alright, let's get a move on then." They start headed off to the place where Kikyo works at.