Hey guys. Thanks for the reviews. How are ya? So, right, here's the new chapter.
Makucotoi
Shippo scurried under a bush as countless demons came from behind the trees. He watched the whole scene from there. Sakura had headed out to help Sango and Miroku. The night before, they had finally reached Makucotoi. Now, they had to go through all the powerful demons in this part of the land before they could even reach the village that Hari resided in.
"Hiraikostu!" Sango yelled, throwing the large boomerang at 3 centipede demons. They were all split down the middle.
Miroku ran up to Sango. "Sango, how many more demons do you think will come from this point?" He asked, swatting at a demon with his staff.
Sango smacked a large bug demon with the hiraikotsu. "I dont know! Kaede-baba said that Makucotoi would be dangerous, but I didn't think she meant countless demon dangerous!" She yelled, just barely missing a youkai's energy blast.
Miroku nodded. "We can probably get rid of them faster." He said, signaling to his kazanaa.
Sango shook her head. "No! You know that the kazanaa is at it's limit! One or two more times and..."
Miroku nodded sadly. "Alright, but I have an idea. Get you're hiraikotsu ready." He said.
Sango nodded, using the hiraikotsu as a shield for the moment.
"Sakura! Now!" Miroku yelled getting his staff ready. Sakura nodded and leapt forward.
"FIRE BALLS!!!" She yelled, as a series of large flaming balls of fire headed at all the demons. Sakura closed her mouth and smiled. Another job well done.
Sango and Miroku both nodded to her as if to say 'good job'. But their praise was short lived when a large cat demon lunged at Sakura.
"Ahh!" Sakura screamed as she was about to be thrown back into a large tree.
"Sakura, I'll save you! Transform!!" Shippo yelled, running out and transforming into that pink bubble thingy. Sakura landed against it and bounced up and down.
Sango and Miroku ran to go check on them. Kirarra continued to fight the demons that tried to go near the small group.
"We have to find some place to rest." Sango said, picking up Sakura. Everyone nodded. Sango ran back towards the battlefield with hiraikotsu at the ready.
"Kirarra!" She yelled. Kirarra stopped fighting and ran towards her mistress. Sango hopped on Kirarra's back and made her fly towards the others.
Sango reached her hand out and the others reached out to either grab her hand or clutch Kirarra's fur to pull themselves up.
Once everyone was ready Kirarra took off into the sky.
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Inuyasha and Kagome walked down a dirt road. Well, Inuyasha walked down a dirt path while he carried Kagome. They were in Makucotoi also, and they had already gotten pass the large horde of demons. Kagome had sprained her ankle while trying to run from one of the larger youkai.
"Clumsy wench, always getting hurt." Inuyasha mumbled as they continued to walk.
Kagome pouted. "Well, what do you expect when you're trying to run from a demon ten times bigger than you." She said, snuggling more into his back.
Inuyasha snorted. "That demon wasn't even that big! It was only the size of the Goshinboku. You're just too scared." He said with more than a hint of arrogance in his voice.
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Riiight. Im scared, but you run away from spicy smelling foods." She said giggling a bit.
Inuyasha blushed. "Hey! If you had my sense of smell, you wouldn't be saying that! That crap practically makes my nose light on fire!" He yelled.
Kagome cracked up. She was pounding his back laughing. Inuyasha's face was getting redder all the while. She just thought it was so funny that he ran away from spicy food one time at her house and at her school festival. (Okay, I know he ran away because the food tasted spicy, but I thought it would be fun to say smell. So dont point out what really happened! That means you theruthlessscow!)
Kagome finally stopped laughing and finally thought about something she had avoided thinking about all morning. And that was what had happened the night before. They kissed again. And Inuyasha kept insinuating it! (Sorry if I used that in the wrong sentence.) But, she did return the kiss. And why had Inuyasha just so out of the blue kissed her. The first time they were really close so that would explain something. But, what about last night? Was it just for kicks? Was he bored or something? And she had let him pull her onto his lap. It seemed like he hadn't let her go until hours later, but in reality it was only 15 minutes. Why would Inuyasha toy with her like that? If he wanted Kikyo, why not go be with her? Why sit here and toy with the person that's longing for you's heart? That'd just be cruel. At the thought, Kagome gripped Inuyasha's haori.
Inuyasha was surprised when Kagome gripped his haori. He didn't show it though, he just kept walking on. Then that led him to think about the night, well technically, day before when he had kissed Kagome. Why had he done that? There was no doubt that he chose Kagome. No doubt at all. But there was a huge possibility that Kagome never had felt the same way he felt about her. And that dream... had it really been a dream? Or was Kikyou really in the depths of hell by now? That was weeks ago when she actually came to him and told him to choose. Was she really dead like she said she would be by now? And what was Kagome thinking after the whole event? Was she disgusted but just too nice, to say that she hadn't wanted him to kiss her? Or was she embarrassed to talk about it at all? All the negative possibilities made Inuyasha's heart drop.
"Inuyasha, I think I see a village up ahead." Kagome said, pointing forward. Inuyasha directed his gaze from the ground and looked towards where she was pointing. Yup, there was a village alright.
"You're point?" He said. Kagome frowned. "My point is, that could be the village that Hari is at!" She yelled.
Inuyasha growled. "And what if it isn't? We'll have stopped for nothing." He said.
This caused Kagome to growl. "We wont have stopped for nothing because we can rest." She said through clenched teeth.
"Feh. We dont need to rest." Inuyasha said, walking faster.
Kagome tugged his ear. "You dont! But I do! Im human Inuyasha! I cant go for days on end without rest!" She yelled.
"Ow! Bitch, let go of my ear!" Inuyasha yelled. Kagome scowled.
"Dont call me that! And what's got you so on edge today anyway?!" She screamed in his ear again.
Inuyasha dropped her on the ground. She landed with a thud.
"I'll tell you what's got me so on edge! I have to lug around some whiny,lazy, human wench and listen to her bark orders at me! Oh, and I cant forgot, scream in my ear!" He yelled at her.
Kagome stood up. "You didn't have a problem carrying me on you're back when I still wore my school uniform!" She yelled.
The vein practically bulged out Inuyasha's temple. "You calling me a perv?!" He yelled, while he turned ten different shades of red.
"Yeah! That's right! I am!" Kagome said, stepping closer to him.
Inuyasha growled even louder. "Well, if Im a perv, than you're a slut!" He yelled. Oh boy, not this again.
Kagome screamed so loud that people in the nearby village heard it. Everybody in the nearby village.
"You jerk! Im not the slut here! You are!" She yelled pointing a finger at him.
Inuyasha seemed taken aback by what Kagome said. "What the hell are you talking about wench?!" He yelled.
Kagome stepped even closer. "You know damn well what Im talking about! You go around kissing random women, sounds like a slut to me!" She yelled.
"Wench! I dont kiss random women!" He yelled making them both turn red.
"Oh, so you're saying you pick specifically?!" Kagome screamed.
"Why?! Wanna find out?!" Inuyasha yelled stepping closer to her and using one hand to grip her waist. Kagome didn't seem to notice as she stepped closer too.
"Sure!" She yelled.
"Okay, fine then!" Inuyasha yelled, before crashing his lips down on hers. (God, ya gotta love typing that.)
It was more of an angry kiss compared to the last two. Inuyasha gripped Kagome's waist tighter with two hands now. He was practically clawing her but Kagome didn't seem to notice.
Kagome had a large fisted a large piece of Inuyasha's hair.(?) But he didn't seem to notice. Surprisingly to both of them, this kiss was better than the last two.
It was like they were pouring all their negative emotions towards each other into it. Like they were answering unspoken, but yet spoken, questions. After about 5 minutes they came up for air.
"I told ya I dont go around kissing random women. I pick." Inuyasha said panting.
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Let's get going." She said panting also.
Inuyasha nodded and she hopped on his back. They headed towards the village.
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Kagome and Inuyasha walked around the village. They were getting the usual stares, but they paid them no heed.
"Kagome, we still haven't found that stupid priestess." Inuyasha said, folding his arms.
Kagome nodded. "Im sure she's around here somewhere." She said, looking around more.
"I dont see anybody that looks like a priestess here." He said.
Kagome was about to reply when she heard something.
"KAGOME!!!" Shippo screamed launching himself onto Kagome.
"Shippo! Im so glad you're okay! Where are the others?" Kagome said, patting Shippo on the head.
"I left them behind when I smelled you. We've been in Makucotoi for a while now." He said, smiling.
Kagome nodded then turned to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, aren't you going to say hi to Shippo? We haven't seen them in so long." She said.
Inuyasha crossed his arms and only nodded as if that was enough for a 'Im glad you're alright! I missed you!'.
Kagome sighed. She figured that was all she was going to get out of him.
"Kagome!"
"Kagome-sama!"
"Kagome!"
Sango,Miroku, and Sakura yelled as they ran up to Kagome.
"Hey guys! Glad to see you're alright!" Kagome said, smiling.
Sango smiled. "Same for you. Kagome, one of these days you gotta teach us how to make ramen." She said.
Kagome seemed surprised at the mention of ramen, but shrugged it off.
"Well, we should go ask someone if they know where Hari lives." Kagome said.
Everyone nodded. "She should be here, there's nothing but mountains from this point on, from what I can smell." Inuyasha said.
Everyone nodded and started to look for villagers to ask. They finally saw an old man and decided to ask him.
"Excuse me sir, may I ask you a question?" Kagome asked, tapping the man on the shoulder.
The old man turned around smiling. "Of course you can miko." He said.
Kagome smiled. "Do you know where the priestess Hari is?"
The old man seemed confused. "Hari?" He repeated.
Kagome nodded. "The sealing priestess Hari. Do you know where she is?"
The old man looked sullen. "Im sorry young lady, but Hari hasn't been here in over 70 years."
Ah, cliffys dont ya love em'? And you guys are probably hating me about now. But, who cares. Review, unless you dont wanna know what happens next. I want at least 6 reviews! You know the rules! Um, keep a lookout for the next chapter of 'No Way To Return' Entitled: Hari? Part I.
With that said, Sayonara!
