Hey, all! This is the tenth chapter of the story! Thanks for reading it and I got a lot of ideas for this story. So, on with the chapter! D.N.A
The Journey Continues, New Moon
Everyone got a good night sleep except for some who drank sake and got a huge hangover during the night. In the morning, Sesshomaru was about to leave the village with Rin, Jaken, and Ah-Un. Kaname was there seeing them off while everyone else was busy doing some important tasks. "I'm going to miss you, Big Sister." Rin said hugging Kaname good-bye. "I'm going to miss you too, Rin. Maybe, we'll see each other again soon." She said hugging her back.
They broke off while Rin ran back to attend Ah-Un. Jaken was standing next to Sesshomaru while he held his staff in one arm. They both looked at each other before he turned his back on the village. "Let's go." He said walking out of the village. Jaken ran to catch up by his side stuttering, "Y-Yes, Sesshomaru." Rin lead Ah-Un using his leash out of the village and waved good-bye to Kaname, who waved back.
She stopped waving as they disappeared out of her view and sight. "Hey, Kaname!" Kagome called out. She turned to see Kagome running over with her pink bike and her big, yellow backpack slung over her shoulder. "Oh, Kagome." She greeted rubbing her arms behind her back shyly. Kagome looked around and asked, "Huh? Where are Sesshomaru and the others?" "Oh, they left moments ago." She answered feeling down. Kagome turned to her and said, "You are going to miss him, huh?" "Yeah, I guess." She said pulling her arms away and had them rub against her backpack a little.
"There you are!" Inuyasha called out. They turned to see Inuyasha and the others coming towards them with Kaede. "We're done packing, so we should set out before sundown." Miroku said with Shippo on his shoulder. "We got everything, we should get going." Sango agreed with Kirara in her arms.
"Oh, Inuyasha, I forgot, isn't this the day of the new moon?" Kagome asked. "Yes, it is." Sango answered. "What about the new moon?" Kaname asked curious about what they're talking about. "It's nothing. We got enough rest, let's go." Inuyasha said in his usual tone changing the subject. "Okay." Kaname said nodding with them. "Make sure ye come back again unharmed." Kaede said to all of them. "We will good-bye Kaede." Kagome told her before they walked out of the village and into the fields.
They traveled from the fields to the woods taking twisting turns and sharp curves making sure to avoid any unnecessary demons around. They walked with Inuyasha leading, ready to take on anything exciting, Kagome behind him, who looked bored during the whole trip, Kaname beside her, who occasionally let out a small yawn, Miroku behind Kaname, who looked completely normal, and Sango beside him, who looked deep in thoughts, with Shippo, who's perched on Miroku's shoulder, and Kirara, who slept in her arms.
They stopped near a river that had a school of fish swimming in it. Inuyasha sat down extremely bored saying, "We haven't found any shards all day." "I agree nothing." Shippo said bowing his head in thought. "Kagome, you sure that you didn't sense any jewel shards?" he questioned turning his head towards Kagome, who was sitting besides her bike reading out of a book she brought. "Oh course, Inuyasha, I haven't sensed any shards around today." She replied irritated by his constant questions. "Feh." He muttered looking away.
"Maybe, the demons around here don't have any shards." Sango suggested sitting down near the bank while rubbing Kirara's back. "If that's the case, then we should head deep in the forest." Miroku said standing beside her. Kaname was waving her hand through the water watching the fish swim around it curiously. The silence loomed over them until Inuyasha stood up saying, "That's it, let's go." They watched him walk away before they ran after him again.
They traveled down different paths leading towards deeper into the forest while they sometimes stopped and rest for a while. During the rest stops, Kagome read her book for a while, Shippo played with Kaname, Inuyasha sat there anxious to go, Miroku rubbing Sango's bum leading to get slapped harshly by a peeved Sango.
They traveled more miles and miles getting attacked by pathetic, small demons that wasted their time say Inuyasha. They walked up a hill and saw the sun setting down beneath the horizon. "It's almost sundown." Kaname said looking at the orange sky. "We should set camp; we can't travel any further with the darkness blinding our path." Miroku suggested again. "Fine." Inuyasha said as they all went and settled up camp near the hill.
They all sat around the campfire listening out for any demons or trouble prowling. They ate the burnt fish on a stick that they caught from a river near them. Everyone started to fall asleep on the ground except Kaname and Inuyasha. Inuyasha was sitting silently while she was practicing her Shikigami with the roaring flame. "I'm going for a walk." Inuyasha said out of nowhere before he stood up and walked away. "Okay." She said to herself. She continued to practice and watch over the camp for what it seems to be hours.
She stopped practicing and waited patiently for Inuyasha. 'Where is he? It's not Inuyasha to run off like that. And he seems tensed about the whole 'New Moon' thing.' She let out a huge tired yawn before she saw the red kimono of his. "Oh, Inuyasha." She called out waving. She stopped waving when a different person came up instead of Inuyasha. "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were one of my friends." She apologized blushing from embarrassment. "What are you talking about? It is me." The raven-haired boy said sitting near the fire.
She looked and saw the raven-haired boy look almost like Inuyasha. "Inuyasha?" she asked checking to see if it's him. "Yeah, so what." He replied sitting up straight. "Why do you like so…?" she asked curious and confused. "Human?" He said before she nodded slowly. "It's because since I'm a half-demon, there's a night when you turn into a complete human for the entire night. And that night happens to be the night of the New Moon. When the dawn comes, I turn back into a half-demon and get my strength and my power back. I turn weak when I'm a human." He explained turning his head now and then. "Oh, I see." She said putting a finger to her chin.
The flame flickered weirdly making them stood up alarmed. "Something's wrong." She whispered looking around. He looked around checking out everything and found nothing. "There's nothing here, but I got a bad feeling." He said troubled by this. "Maybe, it's a demon." She reasoned rubbing her arm slowly. "Maybe, it's not." He said still checking around. "You stay here and watch the others; I'll go check things out." Inuyasha told her before turning away. "Wait! If there's really a demon out there, you could get hurt or killed. I should go." She said worried for him.
"No, I'll go. I bet it's a weak demon trying to scare us." He said before running towards the meadow. "Wait!" she called out. He was gone. 'I hope he's alright.' She sat down by the others and waited for him to return. She waited and waited until she heard someone screamed bloodily, "AHHHHHHHH!!!!!" She stood up quick and asked herself, "What happened?!" She stopped to think before she said, "I'll go check the meadows, and maybe Inuyasha's in trouble." She ran up the hill and took the binoculars out of her bag and looked through them.
She checked everywhere in the meadows until she saw a big, ugly, brown cat demon wearing a dark blue kimono and a black Hakama fighting Inuyasha nearby. "He's in trouble!" she said watching the cat demon swipe at Inuyasha and he got hit forcefully and was pushed against a tree. "I've got to help." She said making her decision putting away her binoculars. She ran back to camp and found Kirara eating what's left of the fish. "Oh, good, Kirara, watch over the others while I help Inuyasha." She said putting her bag down with the others. Kirara mewed confused before the cat youkai nodded in response.
She ran leaving the camp and heading towards the battlefield where Inuyasha is. She reached the field and saw Inuyasha leaning against the tree bloodied and hurt while the cat demon laughed at him. "The son of the dog general is indeed weak. Now, I shall kill you since you stand in my way." The cat demon laughed before pulling his clawed hand back and swiped at Inuyasha. Inuyasha let out a pained groan trying to stand up with his sword in his hand. The claws made way towards him before Kaname charged her Shikigami and cried out, "Oh, no, you don't!" She flung her stream of red Shikigami towards the demon.
The Shikigami hit the cat demon on its side making it yell in pain. It stopped taking a swipe at Inuyasha and turned towards Kaname. "Oh, I see. A human is helping the son of the dog general. Pathetic." He turned towards Inuyasha and said, "You are indeed weak if you take help from a human girl, Inuyasha." He turned around and ran off leaving them saying, "We shall meet when I'm not bored."
She watched the demon leave before she ran to his side. He groaned trying to move, but couldn't. "Here let me help." She said putting her hand on his wounded arm. She summoned her blue Shikigami and healed him very quickly. The wounds closed up and the blood disappeared from the skin. After the blue Shikigami dispersed, Inuyasha opened his eyes and asked, "What happened?" "You were attacked by the cat demon, remember." She said still sitting by his side. "The cat demon! Where did he go?" he exclaimed jumping up and looking around. "He ran away after I attacked him. He said he'll come back when he's not bored by you." She explained watching him clenched his fists angrily.
"Stupid demon!" he hissed madly. "We're going to follow him." "What?!" she questioned with disbelief. "I'm going to make him pay." He replied walking away. "You're still in human form and he knows that he can kill you now that he fought you." She reasoned standing up. "It doesn't matter. We're going to follow him and that's that." He closed the discussion. "We should get everyone and head out if we're heading there." She said walking back towards camp. He walked by her heading towards camp, where everyone was awake from the cat demon's loud scream.
"Oh, you're all awake." Kaname said standing beside Inuyasha facing everyone. "Yes, what happened?" Kagome asked worried. "We all heard a big scream and when we woke up, you two were gone." Shippo said eyes widened in concern. "Yes, we though you two were attacked." Miroku said nodding. "Are you okay?" Sango asked concerned holding Kirara. "We're both fine." Kaname assured them.
"That cat demon ran away and we're going to find and destroy it." Inuyasha told them. "Inuyasha, it's too dangerous." Kagome said shaking her head. "She's right, if you fight, then you can easily be killed. Remember, you're not half-demon now." Miroku agreed holding his staff. "Don't worry about me. We got to find that demon now. He might have a sacred jewel shard on him. Let's go." He said running away with the others running after him.
"Wait up!" Shippo cried running on his fours trying to catch up. He jumped on Kaname's shoulder and rested there. "Stop slowing me down and catch up!" Inuyasha yelled running ahead of him. "Even though, he's in human form, he can still run fast." Kagome said to herself riding her pink with the backpack in the basket.
TBC
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