Naka de Taiga
Chapter 1
The next morning, everyone awoke a few hours past
the crack of dawn. Breakfast fires were started as the
men went outside to do their daily work.
In the hut at the edge of the village, an old miko
stirred the rice in the fire pit. Behind her, a monk, a
demon exterminator and a small kitsune yukai started to
raise and stretch, rubbing the sleep out of their eyes.
"Ohayo, Kaede-san." Sango greeted tiredly.
"Ohayo gozaimasu Mina-san. Breakfast will be
ready soon." Kaede replies.
"Should we tell Inuyasha that breakfast is almost
ready?" Shippo asked as he stood up.
"He'll come back when he's hungry enough... He
hasn't been the same since what happened two years
ago...." Sango murmurs sadly.
Miroku nods in agreement and puts his arm around
Sango's shoulders. 'Yes, he hasn't been the same. None
of us have been...'
~Flashback~
It was late spring, and everything was green and
alive. A very pissed off hanyou stomped back towards
the village. Kagome said she had to go home for a few
days to take her "tests". Inuyasha, of course, tried to
force her to stay. This produced the usual reaction from
Kagome. She 'sat' him a few times.
Inuyasha roughly threw the door flap aside and
dropped onto his side by the fire pit, trailing a stream of
curses behind him.
Sango and Miroku exchanged knowing glances
while Shippo bounded over to Inuyasha.
"What happened Inuyasha? Did you swallow to
much dirt?" He mocked poking Inuyasha's forehead.
A vein popped out of Inuyasha's head. He scowled
and hit Shippo hard on his head, causing a lump to form.
"ITIE!!!!!" Shippo yelped running back over to the
others holding his head.
They sat in silence for a few minutes, until a scream
broke it. The shrill sound went as quickly as it came.
Inuyasha jumped up alarmed and looked towards
the direction the scream came from. "That was
Kagome!" He shouted and ran towards the well.
Sango grabbed her Boomerang as Miroku got his
staff and they followed Inuyasha on Kirara.
When Inuyasha reached the clearing, there was no
one in sight. Sniffing the air, he caught two scents.
Kagome's sweet sent was slightly old, about a few
minutes to be exact. The other sent was slightly sweet as
well but was more like a field of flowers after a thunder
storm. Whereas Kagome's sent was like cherry blossoms
in the spring.
Inuyasha ran over to the well. Kagome's sent did
not go into the well, so she must be around here
somewhere. He sniffed around the well and stopped
dead in his tracks at what he saw on the other side of
the well's box. Kagome's uniform was on the ground,
ripped to shreds. Slowly bending down, he picks up the
tattered cloth.
Kirara runs into the clearing and stops behind
Inuyasha. Sango, Miroku and Shippo dismount her.
"Did you find her?" Sango asked the crouching
hanyou.
Inuyasha stands up and holds out the pieces of cloth
to them. "Something has happened to her, we have to
find her quickly!" He replies in a worried tone.
~End Flashback~
'We searched for months on end, but found no sign
of her. After a year of searching, we had to stop.'
Miroku was brought out of his thoughts by a
townswoman knocking on the wooden door frame of
Kaede's hut.
"Kaede-sama?" She pokes her head in the
doorflap.
"Hai?" Kaede replies as she slowly gets up.
"Ano... A large piece of dried meat was stolen from
our hut last night. We think it was a demon."
"Honto? We haven't seen a demon in the village for
months now. Shippo, go fetch Inuyasha. We are going
to need his help to catch the culprit."
Shippo nods and runs towards the Goshinboku.
Kaede, Miroku, Sango and Kirara follow the villager back
to her hut.
Chapter 1
The next morning, everyone awoke a few hours past
the crack of dawn. Breakfast fires were started as the
men went outside to do their daily work.
In the hut at the edge of the village, an old miko
stirred the rice in the fire pit. Behind her, a monk, a
demon exterminator and a small kitsune yukai started to
raise and stretch, rubbing the sleep out of their eyes.
"Ohayo, Kaede-san." Sango greeted tiredly.
"Ohayo gozaimasu Mina-san. Breakfast will be
ready soon." Kaede replies.
"Should we tell Inuyasha that breakfast is almost
ready?" Shippo asked as he stood up.
"He'll come back when he's hungry enough... He
hasn't been the same since what happened two years
ago...." Sango murmurs sadly.
Miroku nods in agreement and puts his arm around
Sango's shoulders. 'Yes, he hasn't been the same. None
of us have been...'
~Flashback~
It was late spring, and everything was green and
alive. A very pissed off hanyou stomped back towards
the village. Kagome said she had to go home for a few
days to take her "tests". Inuyasha, of course, tried to
force her to stay. This produced the usual reaction from
Kagome. She 'sat' him a few times.
Inuyasha roughly threw the door flap aside and
dropped onto his side by the fire pit, trailing a stream of
curses behind him.
Sango and Miroku exchanged knowing glances
while Shippo bounded over to Inuyasha.
"What happened Inuyasha? Did you swallow to
much dirt?" He mocked poking Inuyasha's forehead.
A vein popped out of Inuyasha's head. He scowled
and hit Shippo hard on his head, causing a lump to form.
"ITIE!!!!!" Shippo yelped running back over to the
others holding his head.
They sat in silence for a few minutes, until a scream
broke it. The shrill sound went as quickly as it came.
Inuyasha jumped up alarmed and looked towards
the direction the scream came from. "That was
Kagome!" He shouted and ran towards the well.
Sango grabbed her Boomerang as Miroku got his
staff and they followed Inuyasha on Kirara.
When Inuyasha reached the clearing, there was no
one in sight. Sniffing the air, he caught two scents.
Kagome's sweet sent was slightly old, about a few
minutes to be exact. The other sent was slightly sweet as
well but was more like a field of flowers after a thunder
storm. Whereas Kagome's sent was like cherry blossoms
in the spring.
Inuyasha ran over to the well. Kagome's sent did
not go into the well, so she must be around here
somewhere. He sniffed around the well and stopped
dead in his tracks at what he saw on the other side of
the well's box. Kagome's uniform was on the ground,
ripped to shreds. Slowly bending down, he picks up the
tattered cloth.
Kirara runs into the clearing and stops behind
Inuyasha. Sango, Miroku and Shippo dismount her.
"Did you find her?" Sango asked the crouching
hanyou.
Inuyasha stands up and holds out the pieces of cloth
to them. "Something has happened to her, we have to
find her quickly!" He replies in a worried tone.
~End Flashback~
'We searched for months on end, but found no sign
of her. After a year of searching, we had to stop.'
Miroku was brought out of his thoughts by a
townswoman knocking on the wooden door frame of
Kaede's hut.
"Kaede-sama?" She pokes her head in the
doorflap.
"Hai?" Kaede replies as she slowly gets up.
"Ano... A large piece of dried meat was stolen from
our hut last night. We think it was a demon."
"Honto? We haven't seen a demon in the village for
months now. Shippo, go fetch Inuyasha. We are going
to need his help to catch the culprit."
Shippo nods and runs towards the Goshinboku.
Kaede, Miroku, Sango and Kirara follow the villager back
to her hut.