Inuyasha, who sat sulking after his latest row of "sits", looked as if he was going to kill Kagome. She seemed obvious to Inu's glares as she pet the sleeping kitsune who was curled up in her lap. Sango sat polishing her Hiraikotsu, while Miroku lay at her feet unconscious.

"I-Inu ca-can you g-go get so-some fire wo-wood?" Kagome asked as the cold winds blew over the group.

"Feh."

"Don't worry Kagome," Miroku declared holding her hand. "I will keep you warm." He sat next to her and put his arms around her. Soon his hand started to "slip" and traveled down to her backside. Soon a there was the sound of Miroku hitting the ground. He moved his hand up to his sore cheek that currently had a red handprint on it. "Why did you do that? I was only trying to keep you warm," he declared all innocence.

"HENTAI! If you want to keep me warm got get some firewood and build a fire!" Kagome shouted her cheeks still red from embracement. The low growling from Inu and the death glares from Sango made Miroku get up hastily and run into the woods.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~IN THE WOODS~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Miroku ran around gathering firewood with a wicked grin on his face. I wander if I can convince Sango to go on a moonlit walk with me, a romantic evening under the stars with her. . .

He was to busy thinking of ways to get Sango to take a walk he did not notice a shadowy figure in close proximity tree. The figure snapped a nearby branch. Let's see how easily he scares. . .

Miroku figured it was just some animal, until he heard another branch snap. "Who is there?" He called out as he grabbed the beads wrapped around his hand. "Show yourself!" The shadowy figure jumped down in front of Miroku. "You! But-" That was as far as he got as he slowly started to drift off into unconsciousness.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~BACK AT CAMP~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"What did you call this place again?"

"Feh, I already told you. Can't you remember anything?" Inuyasha crossed his arms. "We are in the Kasuka valley. We got word from a villager. . .you do remember what a villager is don't you?. . .he said that there was a shard in this area." Inu spoke to her as if she was a child who needed everything spell out. This really pissed Kagome off. "Is there anything else you would like to know?" He asked with a big smile, glad he got the reaction he wanted from Kagome.

"SIT!" Kagome decided to ignore Inu and turned to Sango. "Where is Miroku? It doesn't take that long to get wood."

Sango, who was wondering the same thing, looked over at Kagome with an 'I don't care' look on her face. "He probably found some willing woman to bear his child." Looking down at her Hiraikotsu she muttered, "That baka better be back soon. . ." She took her eyes off her Hiraikotsu and glanced towards the woods. "Real soon. . ."

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