Chapter 20

After the acceptance thing, Kagome and the others decided that it would be best that she kept moving. They stayed in the village long enough and Inuyasha wanted to get a move on. Saying their goodbyes to the villagers and Mitsuhara, they were back on the road once again.

The walk was very calm and peaceful. Even though it was peaceful, something just has to interrupt it. "Worthless half demon, give me your-!" The demon didn't get a chance to finish talking because Kagome quickly eliminated it with one swing of her claw. "Who are you calling worthless? Stupid demon," said Kagome. She started walking again, while the others stared wide-eyed at her. Noticing that they weren't walking, Kagome looked back, "what?" Everyone just shook their heads and started catching up to her.

Couple of hours passed by and it was already noon. The gang was in a forest that's mostly used for travelers. Kagome stopped walking, making the others stopped as well, and looked up at the clear blue sky. For the entire day, not one demon ever opposed them. Well, besides the one this morning but that's mostly it. Deciding that today would be a good day, Kagome beamed to the others, "hey you guys. You all want to play a little game?"

This perked everyone's attention. "Sure, what game do you have in mind Kagome?" asked Sango. Kagome thought for a minute until she got one, "I know! Have you all played demon combat race before?" Everyone tilted their head to the same side, "demon combat race?" She nodded and started to do little jumps on her tiptoes, "yeah!"

"Umm, do you mind explaining what it is?" asked Miroku. Kagome smiled, "Sure! Demon Combat Race is a race!" she giggled while everyone else sweat dropped, "of course it is. How foolish of me," said Miroku, shaking his head while smiling. Kagome was still jittery, "The how you play the game is very simple." This caught everyone's attention. "To learn how to play the game is simple. It's a race but at the same time it isn't," said Kagome. "Get to the point already Kagome," said Inuyasha, crossing his arms.

She pouted, "Aww, fine. It's a race but at the same time, we could attack each other so that we could slow the other down. But there's a problem." "And that is?" asked Inuyasha. "The problem is that there will be two demons that will chase you. So if you're caught, you die, in other words you lose the race." "Huh, that sounds simple enough. So wait, even though one of us isn't the demon, we could still attack the others?" asked Sango. Kagome nodded, "Yup. Simple explanation, get caught by two demons you lose, and run as fast as you can to the goal while trying to slow the other down."

Everyone nodded, "yeah, it sounds like fun. Besides, nothing really happened much today so we might as well have some fun," said Miroku. Sango nodded, "I agree, it's been a while since we had any fun." Inuyasha really didn't say much because even though he doesn't show it on the outside, he was very excited on the inside.

"Okay. Shippo, do you mind being the goal?" asked Kagome. Shippo looked Kagome and nodded, "Sure! But uh, what do I have to do?" Kagome smiled and gave Shippo a whistle, "all you have to do is blow the whistle for us to start, hide, and if you see one of us, run as fast as you can so that none of us can reach you." Shippo jumped up and down, "Okay! None of you will ever catch me!" and with that said, Shippo immediately took off to hide.

Kagome went to stand next to the others, "So who's going to be the demons?" Kirara mewed and everyone laughed. "Okay, so it seems Kirara is one of the demons, who want to be the other?" asked Kagome. No one else volunteered so Kagome sighed, "guess we'll just have to do it the old fashion way. Okay, were doing rock, paper, scissors. Ready?" They all nodded, "Rock, Paper, Scissors!" They all threw in their hands, revealed three rocks, and one scissor.

Kagome sighed, "Guess I'll be the demon with Kirara. All right everyone! Go and hide in your spot until Shippo blows the whistle." Kirara transformed and everyone split, going to his or her hiding places. Kagome went to hide in a tree that was full of leaves, which could cover even her scent from Inuyasha. Miroku hid behind a bush and so did Sango but what they didn't know was that they were actually hiding across from each other. Kirara also hid in the bushes but she was closer to Kagome. Inuyasha also hid in the trees as Kagome, but with less leaves to cover up.

Couple of seconds passed by and everyone was waiting for the whistle, until they heard a very loud ring. They all knew that, that was their time so they all quickly got out of their hiding place. Inuyasha was the first one on the ground and started racing towards where Shippo is while Kagome chased after him. Miroku and Sango didn't go far because when they got out of their hiding place, they both had looks of surprise but Sango quickly smeared that away by throwing Hiraikotsu at him.

He dodged it of course, "whoa! Sango, careful with that!" said Miroku. Sango smirked, "it's a demon "combat" race Miroku. So I don't have to be careful." With that said, Hiraikotsu came back to her and she quickly fled. Miroku smiled and was about to run after her until he heard a large growl. He turned around and saw that Kirara was right behind him. Surprised, he quickly sped off. He ran right next to Sango, smiling at her, "hello Sango and good day." Miroku ran ahead of Sango, making her confused how he outran her until she heard a growl. Looking back to see, while still running, Sango was surprise that Kirara was behind her. "Miroku! You lecherous monk!" yelled Sango, trying to run as fast as she can from Kirara. Sango heard him chuckle, which pissed her off more, but unfortunately for her, Sango lost her footing which made her lose her speed. Kirara used that time and pounced on Sango, making Sango lose the race.

While that was going on, Kagome was chasing after Inuyasha. Thanks to the leaves that she was covered in, he didn't notice her one bit. Inuyasha ran towards Shippo scent, knowing that he was probably near a lake or river because he could hear the flowing of water. Kagome decided to play with Inuyasha for a while so she ran to the left where there were bushes and use a taunting voice, "Inu~ya~sha~." Perking up a little, Inuyasha looked to his sides and behind him. Seeing that there was no one, he shrugged, and kept running to where Shippo is. Then he heard it again. Furiously looking everywhere, while still running, he keeps thinking that he's probably hearing voices. Kagome tried her best to keep in her laughter because she's surprise that Inuyasha hasn't recognize her voice. So having enough playing around because she knows that they were close to where Shippo was at, Kagome put her mouth close to his ear, "you lose Inuyasha." Hearing her voice close to his ear gave him shivers down his spine but the next thing he knew, he was rolling down on the forest ground, with Kagome again.

When they finally stopped, Inuyasha was on top of Kagome, while she was under him. She laughed, "I'm surprise you didn't sense me at all Inuyasha." Getting up, Inuyasha also pulled Kagome up, "how did you do that anyways? I didn't smell nor hear you."

"That's because I used my surroundings. Using the trees leaves, bushes, and grass, I was able to cover my trail of scent, which is why you couldn't smell me at all. The reason why you couldn't hear me was because I was running light on my feet."

Inuyasha scratched his head, "huh, I didn't know you can actually do that." Kagome shrugged, "it's what you learn while surviving in this kind of world alone." "Sorry," said Inuyasha. She tilted her head, "what for?" He looked away from her, "for bringing back whatever memory you remember." Kagome kissed him on the cheek, "its fine, you didn't know."

Hearing clapping coming out of nowhere, both half-demons turned to look who it was and saw that the gang was there, watching them the entire time. Blushing, both Kagome and Inuyasha turned away from each other.

"Now now, there's no need to be shy. We're only your friends," said Miroku. "That's the problem," said Kagome, under her breath. Sighing, Inuyasha turned back to face everyone, "So, who won?" Sango shrugged, "no one did. Kirara got both Miroku and me. I'm surprise he can barely even fight against Kirara."

Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other and then back at Sango. "Uh, what happened?" asked Kagome. Sango took a deep breath, "well, after when Kirara got me..."

~Flashback~

Kirara pounced on Sango, making her lose the race. Sango petted Kirara off her, "darn, thought for sure I would've won this race." She sigh, "oh well, come on Kirara, you still have Miroku to catch." Kirara nodded and Sango rode on her back.

It didn't really take long until they both saw Miroku running. He was running all right but he didn't notice them until he heard a pound of feet from behind him. When he turned, he almost tripped but instead of tripping, he ran faster with tears in his eyes, "Oh come on!" Kirara quickly flew over Miroku and landed in front of him, making him stop. He held his staff up, "hmph, friends or not I will win this race."

Miroku went to go attack with his staff but Kirara hit the staff from his hands and pounded him. When she got off him, Miroku's eyes were swirls, "wow, now that was a pathetic fight," said Sango. Kirara transformed back and mewed.

~End of Flashback~

Both Kagome and Inuyasha started laughing, "Wow Miroku. I think you're getting rusty," said Inuyasha. "I certainly am not. I just let her win," said Miroku. Kagome giggled, "Sure you did. I guess losing to Kirara made you lose your pride."

After laughing, Kagome looked at their surrounding and saw that they were at a lake. Inuyasha and the others noticed Kagome go paled when she saw the lake. "Kagome? What's wrong?" asked Inuyasha. He went to put a hand on her shoulder, shaking her a bit. The others looked at Kagome worriedly.

They saw her shook her head, "no, it can't be."

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