The next morning dawned bright and early. Miroku rolled over in his sleep
and cursed mildly when a sunbeam hit him square in the eye. He got up and
looked around. Sango.Kagome.Shippo.Kaede-sama.but where was Inu-Yasha?
Miroku walked out the door and looked up into the first tree he found.
There he was, sitting there, but not sleeping.
"Don't you ever fall out?" yelled the monk, and was rewarded when Inu-Yasha leaped and swore.
"Dammit, Miroku, why did you have to creep up on me like that?"
Miroku chuckled and leaned on his staff, grimaced when it hit him in the ribs and went to lean against the tree. "It's fun," he explained, and heard the demon swear again. Then, in a more serious tone, he asked, "So do you have any idea who this cat-demon is?"
Inu-Yasha muttered, "Fun, my ass," before leaping lightly out of the tree- fifty feet in the air-and landing equally lightly next to the monk, who tried to look as if this happened every day. "No, I don't have any clue. I can't remember meeting with a cat-demon, female or otherwise. I wonder what she wants."
"I guess we'll have to ask," was Miroku's philosophical reply, and they went back to the hut to eat breakfast.
"TWO DAYS?!"
Kaede nodded. "Yes. Two days on foot."
Inu-Yasha cursed very colorfully for about a minute. Sango looked up from eating her rice and raised an eyebrow. Not having been with them for very long, she still had to get used to his sudden outbursts. Not that she didn't have those moments, too.
Shippo glanced up from his bowl, swallowed his mouthful, and said, "Well, we can fly can't we?"
"Who's the we?" shot back Inu-Yasha. "Besides, I am not-" he broke off as his eye fell on Kirara, who was calmly sitting next to her mistress. "Sango," he said, "how many can she carry?"
Sango thought about it. "Two or three, including me," she answered.
"Could she keep up with me?"
Another raised eyebrow. "Could you keep up with her?"
Grr. "Well, we'll have to see, won't we?" he said.
"Fine," was the calm reply, "but I want you to have Miroku with you. I don't trust him!"
They made it to the other village in only half a day's straight flying. Sango and Kagome rode on Kirara, while Miroku and Shippo hitched a ride on Inu-Yasha's back. It was then that they discovered there was a sixth member of the group.
"Myoga!" said Shippo, staring at the tiny flea-demon who had just bitten him. "Where did you come from?"
Myoga huffed and said importantly, "I have traveled a while in my time-"
"-When not running away," interrupted Shippo.
"-And I might know this cat-demon, whoever she is."
".And if you don't, you'll hide somewhere safe," finished Miroku disapprovingly.
"I never said that!"
"But we all know you would," accused Inu-Yasha.
The girls were already at the village gates. It was a large village, not a hut-and-rice-paddy place like Kaede's village, but a nice, large one. They stopped at the gates, turned to ask the boys where to go, and discovered that the boys were thirty yards away, arguing. Again.
"Don't they ever stop?" asked Sango.
"Not that I've seen," answered Kagome.
"Mrrow," said Kirara helpfully.
Unknown to them, a villager raced inside one hut to whisper to its occupant. The occupant nodded and said, "Good. Send them in."
"All of them?"
"All of them."
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"Don't you ever fall out?" yelled the monk, and was rewarded when Inu-Yasha leaped and swore.
"Dammit, Miroku, why did you have to creep up on me like that?"
Miroku chuckled and leaned on his staff, grimaced when it hit him in the ribs and went to lean against the tree. "It's fun," he explained, and heard the demon swear again. Then, in a more serious tone, he asked, "So do you have any idea who this cat-demon is?"
Inu-Yasha muttered, "Fun, my ass," before leaping lightly out of the tree- fifty feet in the air-and landing equally lightly next to the monk, who tried to look as if this happened every day. "No, I don't have any clue. I can't remember meeting with a cat-demon, female or otherwise. I wonder what she wants."
"I guess we'll have to ask," was Miroku's philosophical reply, and they went back to the hut to eat breakfast.
"TWO DAYS?!"
Kaede nodded. "Yes. Two days on foot."
Inu-Yasha cursed very colorfully for about a minute. Sango looked up from eating her rice and raised an eyebrow. Not having been with them for very long, she still had to get used to his sudden outbursts. Not that she didn't have those moments, too.
Shippo glanced up from his bowl, swallowed his mouthful, and said, "Well, we can fly can't we?"
"Who's the we?" shot back Inu-Yasha. "Besides, I am not-" he broke off as his eye fell on Kirara, who was calmly sitting next to her mistress. "Sango," he said, "how many can she carry?"
Sango thought about it. "Two or three, including me," she answered.
"Could she keep up with me?"
Another raised eyebrow. "Could you keep up with her?"
Grr. "Well, we'll have to see, won't we?" he said.
"Fine," was the calm reply, "but I want you to have Miroku with you. I don't trust him!"
They made it to the other village in only half a day's straight flying. Sango and Kagome rode on Kirara, while Miroku and Shippo hitched a ride on Inu-Yasha's back. It was then that they discovered there was a sixth member of the group.
"Myoga!" said Shippo, staring at the tiny flea-demon who had just bitten him. "Where did you come from?"
Myoga huffed and said importantly, "I have traveled a while in my time-"
"-When not running away," interrupted Shippo.
"-And I might know this cat-demon, whoever she is."
".And if you don't, you'll hide somewhere safe," finished Miroku disapprovingly.
"I never said that!"
"But we all know you would," accused Inu-Yasha.
The girls were already at the village gates. It was a large village, not a hut-and-rice-paddy place like Kaede's village, but a nice, large one. They stopped at the gates, turned to ask the boys where to go, and discovered that the boys were thirty yards away, arguing. Again.
"Don't they ever stop?" asked Sango.
"Not that I've seen," answered Kagome.
"Mrrow," said Kirara helpfully.
Unknown to them, a villager raced inside one hut to whisper to its occupant. The occupant nodded and said, "Good. Send them in."
"All of them?"
"All of them."
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How do you like this story so far? Please R&R! Next chapter you actually meet this mysterious cat-demon!