NOTES: By request, this I've tried to make this chapter longer. It's not much longer though. ::vent start:: Meanwhile, the plot here is still *developing*. I can't just toss together a plot like magic. So the setting may be used, but I am trying for something that would come out of the manga(and I can't exactly have flying monkeys and rabid baboons, now can I? Though granted, that may be indeed very exciting, but it's also not happening. (rabid baboons? ::sighs:: I need sleep, now I'm picturing a rabid Naraku)). Grr! ::vent over:: So uh, thanks to everyone who's been reviewing! It's my main source of energy for this thing. And I hope you enjoy the next chapter. It's long overdue(grr on finals, finals are this week, grr). I finished parts instead of my essay :D. Parts of it are a little sappy/sad, but that's because I felt like that when I wrote that part. Just keep reading, it'll get funny ^-^. Eh heh...Oh! And thoughts [go in these].
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"It was a place to survive." Inu Yasha looked down at his hands. "Especially when I was human."
Kagome smiled comfortingly at Inu Yasha. "It's not so hard now though, is it? Now that you've got all of us."
Inu Yasha looked up at Kagome. Her eyes were gleaming from the light of the fire and he felt himself drawing closer to her. They had been sitting like this for a little while now. His expression softened. "I guess." He looked over at the others. Sango was sleeping by the fire already. Miroku was in his usual seat against the wall near her.
"Oh no!" Suddenly, Kagome stood up with a jolt, her eyes wide.
"Kagome? What is it?!" Inu Yasha stood and followed her towards the fire.
She rummaged through her bag almost with desperation. Frustration crossed her face as she searched for about a minute, taking times to rush about the cave in her search. Nearly giving up, she let out a squeal of joy from her bag. "Oh here they are!"
Inu Yasha peered over her shoulder. "What? Is everything ok?"
Kagome turned around with a bright smile on her face holding some candy next to her face. "I almost forgot dessert!"
Inu Yasha nearly face faulted. "All that over some candy?"
Kagome gave Inu Yasha a wearied look. "What did you think? I brought some pocky and an American candy. It's Herseys." The boys gave her a blank look. She beamed. "Chocolate!"
Shippou quickly ran over from his nap on Miroku's lap. Having heard the word chocolate, he had somehow magically woken up. "Ooo, Kagome! Can I have some, pleeeeease?" Shippou gave Kagome the most adorable puppy eyes he could muster.
"Hai!" She handed a box of Pocky to Shippou and told him to share with Kirara. Taking all five bars of Hersey's chocolate, Kagome explained further, oblivious to the fact that the others just weren't getting it, while giving everyone a bar. Everyone except Sango, who was still seemed to be sleeping by the fire. "These are a new kind they came out with. Well, it's the first time I tried them. They have almonds that they baked in there. And the chocolate is the light kind. I like it better. The dark chocolate is too bitter."
Miroku grinned as he took the bar of chocolate from Kagome, having stood to take it from her. These always tasted good. He lazily walked back over to the fire and sat down next to Sango, facing her. She wasn't sleeping. Her eyes were closed though. He smiled. He was always up for a challenge. "This chocolate is pretty good, don't you think?"
He stared at her a moment for a reaction. Her lips were curving slightly into an annoyed smile. He grinned. "Shippou?"
Shippou bounded over to Miroku and sat on his leg. "Yup! Kagome gave me some pocky. Want one?" Miroku looked over at Sango again. He smiled brightly, his plan was annoying her.
"Sure." He chewed as loud as he possibly could. "Wow, these are really good!" He continued on to Shippou with an over-enthusiastic grin.
Sango muttered silently. [Stupid houshi. Stupid stupid stupid.] She would roll over, but that would prove that she were awake, wouldn't it? She could even hear the smile in his voice, almost see the smirk on his face. [Stupid.] All she wanted was some rest. The fire had been so warm and inviting that she had laid down after dinner. Now he was over here pestering her again. [Stupid stupid.]
With a slight sigh, she peeked through one eye to see what was going on. She sucked in a deep breath and recoiled. Miroku was closely staring at her with a charming lopsided grin. "I knew you weren't sleeping."
She glared at him. "I know you knew."
He grinned again. "Of course."
She continued glaring in frustration. That silly grin of his was getting on her nerves. It was very disarming and she couldn't do a thing about it.
"How are you feeling?"
She sighed in defeat, slowly sitting up. "Alright I guess."
"What's wrong?"
Sango looked at him cynically. Gee, maybe it was the searing pain in her muscles that was throwing off her usual schedule. "I'm a little tired, that's all."
"Would you like some chocolate? Kagome-sama brought some for us."
She eyed the piece of candy, not recognizing it, suddenly realizing that she had a craving for something sweet. She nodded and took the wrapper off with interest. "This one is different from the others."
"That's what Kagome-sama said." He gave an amused smile as he watched Sango give the foreign candy a suspicious look. Taking a bite out of his, he added reassuringly, "It's very good."
She frowned, but resigned and took a bite. Smiling, she replied, "It is."
"Do you like it?"
Sango looked up. "Kagome-chan. Yes, very much."
Kagome smiled. It seemed Sango was feeling a bit better.
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"Ne...Osaru-sama...Where are we going?"
Osaru glanced down at the black-haired girl walking in front of him in a playful skip. She was twirling around at the moment and pretending she had wings. Osaru groaned inwardly. How in all the hells they had managed to travel together all these years without him going crazy was over his head. "I'm not sure. I'm following a scent."
She stopped spinning and stood directly in front of Osaru with a grin on her face. She pointed at his face and giggled, adorable green eyes and pose clearing her of any wrong. "Can you smell well?"
Another groan from Osaru. "I suppose."
"Well," she turned around again and strolled forward, "I hope we get there soon. I'm hungry."
He followed. "We will. This stench is getting stronger." He wrinkled up his nose with the vile memories of the ill-mannered half-breed Inu Yasha strolling around here like he was king. He had been missing for decades now, supposedly tied down by some powerful miko.
"I wonder what happened to him..."
"Who Osaru-sama?"
Osaru looked at the girl in front of him. He hadn't realized that he had said that outloud. And telling her where he thought they were headed wasn't a good idea. "Did you say you were hungry? There are some berries in that bush over there."
"Oooooo!" She rushed over there and being picking out a few while stuffing others in her mouth. Osaru sighed in relief. "Who Osaru-sama?"
Osaru looked at her with a subtle, almost proud, grin. [Damn.]
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"It was a place to survive." Inu Yasha looked down at his hands. "Especially when I was human."
Kagome smiled comfortingly at Inu Yasha. "It's not so hard now though, is it? Now that you've got all of us."
Inu Yasha looked up at Kagome. Her eyes were gleaming from the light of the fire and he felt himself drawing closer to her. They had been sitting like this for a little while now. His expression softened. "I guess." He looked over at the others. Sango was sleeping by the fire already. Miroku was in his usual seat against the wall near her.
"Oh no!" Suddenly, Kagome stood up with a jolt, her eyes wide.
"Kagome? What is it?!" Inu Yasha stood and followed her towards the fire.
She rummaged through her bag almost with desperation. Frustration crossed her face as she searched for about a minute, taking times to rush about the cave in her search. Nearly giving up, she let out a squeal of joy from her bag. "Oh here they are!"
Inu Yasha peered over her shoulder. "What? Is everything ok?"
Kagome turned around with a bright smile on her face holding some candy next to her face. "I almost forgot dessert!"
Inu Yasha nearly face faulted. "All that over some candy?"
Kagome gave Inu Yasha a wearied look. "What did you think? I brought some pocky and an American candy. It's Herseys." The boys gave her a blank look. She beamed. "Chocolate!"
Shippou quickly ran over from his nap on Miroku's lap. Having heard the word chocolate, he had somehow magically woken up. "Ooo, Kagome! Can I have some, pleeeeease?" Shippou gave Kagome the most adorable puppy eyes he could muster.
"Hai!" She handed a box of Pocky to Shippou and told him to share with Kirara. Taking all five bars of Hersey's chocolate, Kagome explained further, oblivious to the fact that the others just weren't getting it, while giving everyone a bar. Everyone except Sango, who was still seemed to be sleeping by the fire. "These are a new kind they came out with. Well, it's the first time I tried them. They have almonds that they baked in there. And the chocolate is the light kind. I like it better. The dark chocolate is too bitter."
Miroku grinned as he took the bar of chocolate from Kagome, having stood to take it from her. These always tasted good. He lazily walked back over to the fire and sat down next to Sango, facing her. She wasn't sleeping. Her eyes were closed though. He smiled. He was always up for a challenge. "This chocolate is pretty good, don't you think?"
He stared at her a moment for a reaction. Her lips were curving slightly into an annoyed smile. He grinned. "Shippou?"
Shippou bounded over to Miroku and sat on his leg. "Yup! Kagome gave me some pocky. Want one?" Miroku looked over at Sango again. He smiled brightly, his plan was annoying her.
"Sure." He chewed as loud as he possibly could. "Wow, these are really good!" He continued on to Shippou with an over-enthusiastic grin.
Sango muttered silently. [Stupid houshi. Stupid stupid stupid.] She would roll over, but that would prove that she were awake, wouldn't it? She could even hear the smile in his voice, almost see the smirk on his face. [Stupid.] All she wanted was some rest. The fire had been so warm and inviting that she had laid down after dinner. Now he was over here pestering her again. [Stupid stupid.]
With a slight sigh, she peeked through one eye to see what was going on. She sucked in a deep breath and recoiled. Miroku was closely staring at her with a charming lopsided grin. "I knew you weren't sleeping."
She glared at him. "I know you knew."
He grinned again. "Of course."
She continued glaring in frustration. That silly grin of his was getting on her nerves. It was very disarming and she couldn't do a thing about it.
"How are you feeling?"
She sighed in defeat, slowly sitting up. "Alright I guess."
"What's wrong?"
Sango looked at him cynically. Gee, maybe it was the searing pain in her muscles that was throwing off her usual schedule. "I'm a little tired, that's all."
"Would you like some chocolate? Kagome-sama brought some for us."
She eyed the piece of candy, not recognizing it, suddenly realizing that she had a craving for something sweet. She nodded and took the wrapper off with interest. "This one is different from the others."
"That's what Kagome-sama said." He gave an amused smile as he watched Sango give the foreign candy a suspicious look. Taking a bite out of his, he added reassuringly, "It's very good."
She frowned, but resigned and took a bite. Smiling, she replied, "It is."
"Do you like it?"
Sango looked up. "Kagome-chan. Yes, very much."
Kagome smiled. It seemed Sango was feeling a bit better.
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"Ne...Osaru-sama...Where are we going?"
Osaru glanced down at the black-haired girl walking in front of him in a playful skip. She was twirling around at the moment and pretending she had wings. Osaru groaned inwardly. How in all the hells they had managed to travel together all these years without him going crazy was over his head. "I'm not sure. I'm following a scent."
She stopped spinning and stood directly in front of Osaru with a grin on her face. She pointed at his face and giggled, adorable green eyes and pose clearing her of any wrong. "Can you smell well?"
Another groan from Osaru. "I suppose."
"Well," she turned around again and strolled forward, "I hope we get there soon. I'm hungry."
He followed. "We will. This stench is getting stronger." He wrinkled up his nose with the vile memories of the ill-mannered half-breed Inu Yasha strolling around here like he was king. He had been missing for decades now, supposedly tied down by some powerful miko.
"I wonder what happened to him..."
"Who Osaru-sama?"
Osaru looked at the girl in front of him. He hadn't realized that he had said that outloud. And telling her where he thought they were headed wasn't a good idea. "Did you say you were hungry? There are some berries in that bush over there."
"Oooooo!" She rushed over there and being picking out a few while stuffing others in her mouth. Osaru sighed in relief. "Who Osaru-sama?"
Osaru looked at her with a subtle, almost proud, grin. [Damn.]
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