Disclaimer: Yep…still no own Inuyasha….
With Kagome and Inuyasha
"Are you sure you're ok Inuyasha?" Kagome asked as they prepared to leave the tunnels. Inuyasha just scoffed. "Course I am! Now let's get moving" Kagome sighed "Right".
"Kagome! Inuyasha!" They turned to face a figure, made from rock holding a flower in his hand. "Please, take this flower just in case and I do wish you both the best of luck."
Kagome took the flower and smiled "Thank you so much! How could we ever repay your kindness?"
"I would like to trust that Inuyasha sticks to his word if he is able to complete the task of destroying Yoshi"
Inuyasha who looked like he was staring into space looked at the figure of the man that had helped the two through so much and gave a small, but confident smile.
"You bet."
Kagome smiled "Again thank you for everything" Inuyasha bent down so Kagome could climb onto his back.
"Good luck to both of you!" The man's voice called after them as Inuyasha ran down the tunnels.
"Where do you suppose Sango and Miroku are?" Kagome asked
"I'm guessing the lake"
"The lake? You mean with the princess? Why?"
Inuyasha quickly told Kagome of what had happened after Yoshi had kidnapped them, skipping the part about Kikyo.
"So, if Miroku's not in the forest he must be at the waterfall. Let's just hope Sango's with him." Kagome said after Inuyasha had finished.
"Yeah. So all we really have to do is get to the other side of the mountain because if this is where the guy is trapped, then the princess should be right next to him!"
Inuyasha sped up a bit and for a while neither of them said anything. Kagome looked at Inuyasha who had a confused look on his face.
"Inuyasha something up?"
He stayed silent, caught up in his deep thinking. Kagome huffed and put her mouth near his ear.
"INUYASHA!" Now that wasn't the smartest of all things to do, sure it snapped him out of it but it also made him trip from the surprise and have him and Kagome tumble over each other.
"Oww…" Kagome said rubbing her head. She looked up only to have Inuyasha's face hovering above hers.
"What the hell was that for!?" He yelled, unaware of the position they seemed to be in.
"Well you should have answered me!" Kagome yelled back. Inuyasha growled and subconsciously moved his head closer to hers. "I was just thinking!"
"Well you should have been concentrating on where you were going!"
Inuyasha just growled at her and then it clicked on how he was currently sitting. His eyes widened and he blushed and quickly got up.
Kagome looked at him confused "Inuyasha? What…" Then it also clicked for her and she also blushed.
"Come on we better keep going" He said and pulled Kagome up onto his back.
"Um yeah" she said. As he suddenly took off she quickly put her arms around his neck.
"A little warning first!"
With Sango and Miroku
Sango and Miroku were down at the lake refilling their water supplies,
"Thank you again for letting us use your water" Sango said turning to the princess.
"Not a problem dear, anything to help."
"Is there anything we could do to repay you kindness princess?" Miroku asked.
The princess smiled "I don't think there is anything you can give me"
Miroku grinned "You're trapped right? How do we free you?"
The princess sighed "I believe my only hope is to have Yoshi destroyed"
"No problem!" Sango smiled.
"What?" The princess said surprised.
"Well" said Miroku, as if knowing what Sango was thinking "He has caused as all a lot of problems, so once we find our friends we plan on stopping his existence."
Sango nodded. "Yeah that's how I got here, he used some weird power on me and Kagome."
At the sound of Kagome's name Shippo who had been quietly listening on Miroku's shoulder sighed. "I wonder where she is…"
"Well hopefully with Inuyasha" Miroku told him. Sango frowned "I really hope she's ok"
"Yeah" said Shippo "I just wish she could come back and leave that dumb Inuyasha behind!"
"Who are you calling dumb!"
Shippo froze and Sango and Miroku turned around only to face a certain half demon about to tackle poor Shippo.
"Inuyasha, sit boy!"
Shippo's eyes lit up "Kagome! You're ok!" He ran over to hug her, jumping off Inuyasha's head in the process. Kagome smiled "It's good to see everyone's ok, especially you Sango"
"Yes. Though if it weren't for Miroku I'd still be stranded on that rock over there" Sango said pointing towards the single lump of land in the middle of the lake.
"Oh I would have helped you eventually dear, I just needed to see something first" The princess spoke up.
Kagome's eyes widened "Are you the princess? Wow!"
"And you must be Kagome. Your friends here have been worried so much about you, you are very lucky to have them. Oh and you" she continued pointing toward Inuyasha who was dusting himself off "must be Inuyasha!" She giggled "ok then!"
Kagome and Inuyasha gave her a weird look. "Um yes she did something similar to use as well" Miroku told them.
"So Kagome, were you ok?" Sango asked.
"Oh yes!" Kagome said happily "I was trapped in a cave in that mountain, but the man's voice was very kind."
"You mean you were with my beloved?" The princess asked with interest. Kagome nodded. "Odd, why would General Yoshi put both of you with us?" Kagome just shrugged.
Miroku had a thoughtful look on his face when he turned to the princess "Can you not communicate with your…er…beloved?"
The princess sighed "Unfortunately that is true. We are both forever next to each other, but cannot even speak one word to the other."
"That's so sad…" Kagome whispered.
"That flower" Shippo said "Is it from the cave Kagome?"
"Yes. He gave it to me, just in case" Then she giggled "Though I wonder if it's for you this time Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha glared at her while the others looked at one another confused. The peace was disrupted though as a dark laugh filled the air.
"Well well well, looks like everyone's back together again. How unfortunate, for you that is"
"General Yoshi" The princess whispered as a swirl of black appeared in front of them.
"Long time no see princess"
Authors note: Woot! Done with that chapter! I tried putting more Shippo into this as well. Well the gangs all together again and now let the final fight begin!