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A/N: Sorry you guys, my computer was being a retard and it didn't post the whole chapter. I forgot to check it I'm sorry. Well here's the long awaited complete chapter. I'm updating the next chapter very soon so look for it. It should be there an hour or so after this one gets posted, for the most 2 or 3 hours. Shouldn't be that long.
Chapter 5
Due to a tropical storm, it took longer to get to Kaede's hut than usual. Kagome had awaken again after passing out. She found herself in a warm cave, with a sleeping Shippo next to her. Kaede had her back turned towards Kagome. She was mixing herbs together, while enjoying the warmth of the fire. Kagome remembered seeing Sango and Miroku, then faintly remembered someone else. 'Wait a minute, did Miroku put on a skirt and hug me? I must have been dreaming!' Kagome reasoned. 'Speaking of Miroku and Sango, where are those two?'
"Lake? No, no, no, this is a hot spring. It's either you bathe here, or stay just as you are." Sango wasn't sure if she wanted to share the hot spring with Mariko. It wasn't that Mariko was an indecorous person. She was the sweetest, most polite person Sango had ever met besides Kagome. It was the fact that used to be that corrupt houshi. 'No,' she shook her head, 'He wasn't that bad. If he wasn't such a pervert he'd be the perfect guy for me.' she gasped at this realization. She had never thought of the priest in that way before. That realization both comforted and scared her at the same time.
By the time Sango snapped out of her own little world, Mariko had removed her clothes and was soaking in the hot spring. Just as Sango was about to untie her kimono when a rock tumbled to her feet.
Heavy rains and massive wind speeds mixed all of the scents together. It had nearly knocked Inuyasha off of his feet. "No!!!! I pushed her away from me and she still was killed!!!" he roared towards the sky. "Don't worry Kagome, I'll get the demon who did this to you!" Inuyasha took off into the sky.
No one moved at the hot spring for several long seconds. Hours seemed to pass by, where all they could do is listen to their own breathing and watch. Sango had thought for an instant that it was Miroku, but the chill that followed that thought told her this was not he. This was a demon. Then suddenly she saw it. Not the demon exactly, but an ear. 'I've seen that ear before. Where have I…' And than it came to her.
"Inuyasha come on out, I see you!" she narrowed her eyes and readied her boomerang. The demon pounced toward Sango and Mariko. Sango used poison powder and it was hit. "I don't want to hurt you Inuyasha," she yelled as the demon retreated among the shadows. The second time it appeared it had caught her of guard. Sango ended up on eh ground with the demon. She kicked it off of her and got up quickly, "Fine, I'm ready for round three."
Kagome had slipped away without calling attention to her and was now exploring the cave. The running water was such an alluring call for her since she had not had a bath in a day or so, or however long she had been unconscious that she had to follow the sound. 'A quick bath. That will raise my spirits.'
As Kagome drew closer she heard faint fighting. 'Oh no, not now.' She came closer she could make out the voices, but was unable to understand what they were still saying. " Put on your clothes…" Sango seemed to be growing impatient with some one. 'No, not Sango and Miroku. This is just too weird.' "Get out of here … killed!" Sango yelled. Kagome sighed with relief, 'It's not what I think, good.'
Kagome rounded the corner just in time to see it. Sango was beaten and her face was red with anger, irritability and exhaustion. She would drop her defenses to watch over and protect a certain group of bushes; it was long enough for the demon to get an upper hand over her. Kagome's attention went to the demon, which was just as exhausted, and was a lot bloodier than the Taijiya (demon hunter). Although it was dark, Kagome could make out certain DISTINCT features about this demon. It had puppy ears, long claws, sharp teeth, glowing ember eyes, lengthy white hair, and what appeared to be a red Kimono. 'No, it can't be. This has to be a dream.' Kagome tried to tell herself as she ran to the bushes. No matter how much she tried to disprove herself, the sweat, the voices, and the pain from her neck wound were too vivid to be a dream.
Once she reached the bushes, she saw what, or rather whom Sango was watching over. "Mariko, what are you doing here? Am I dreaming again?"
"No, I'm really here, but now is not the time to get into that." Mariko responded.
With one last throw of the demon hunter's boomerang, the demon died. The three young women walked over to the tattered demon cautiously. The demon was so badly beaten that it was barely recognizable.
"No!!!!" Kagome screamed as she lay over the bloody body.
"I'm sorry Kagome. He attacked us. It was his demon blood, it had taken over. There was nothing else I could do." Sango apologized
Mariko chose this time to speak up, "Lets get the body back to camp, then we'll see what we'll do from then on."
A/N: sorry this was suppose to be uploaded yesterday, but my dad was here and her watches over everything I do on the computer. He's a control freak nuff' said. And earlier today I got stuck with mowing the lawn.