A/N: Time for chappy 3!!! Oh, yes yes, I don't own Inu-Yasha, but he sure owns me...Did that make sense? Of course it didn't! Bwahahaha---*Cough hack wheeze*--ha... O.o;; Oh yes, and by the way, THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR YOUR REVIEWS!!! All...two of you! Heh... I'm such a loser... *falls over*

Oi, Kaylana! Thankies for the formatting tip! u.u;;; The stupid .txt format doesn't make any tabs or anything, so I suppose I'll have to fix it and repost! ^_____^;

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Miroku's heartbeat quickened and his mind raced, as he made his way to the cave in the pouring rain. When he finally reached it, he stood, panting in a readied stance, looking back and forth. "Where is she?!"

Shippou's eyes were wide with horror. "Gosh, Miroku! I almost fell off! Are you trying ta kill me or somethin'?!"

The monk looked to the kitsune youkai and glared briefly. Afterall, Sango was in danger, for God's sake!!! He scanned the cave from stalactite to stalagmite, from wall to wall. He became more desperate and called out, "Sango!! SANGO!!?"

Suddenly, he saw something creep out into the light from the depths of the cave. It was a youkai! Not that Miroku could tell, of course. It was in the form of a beautiful woman. She had long, flowing raven hair and piercing green eyes. Her skin was fair and complemented her dark hair. She was clad in traditional attire of Sengoku Jidai which exposed her curvy figure.

The youkai temptress batted her eyelashes seductively. "Why...Hello.."

Miroku stammered, "Uh..buh...buh...buh...hi. Heh." He had a dopey grin on his face and virtually all memory of Sango was erased for the time being.

She giggled. "Oh, you silly boy! Why are you standing there at the mouth of the cave? Why don't you join me in the hot spring in the back? It's so lovely and warm..." With that, she slinked temptingly deeper into the cave. Miroku, tongue hanging out and eyes bulging out of his head, followed her, leaving a confused Shippou behind with Kirara.

"Oi! What's wrong with you, Miroku? Did you eat Kagome's cooking again? WAIT UP!" Shippou called to the half-conscious houshi. As the two disappeared further into the cave, Shippou hopped up and ran to them, only to crash into an invisible barrier which kept everything in and let NOTHING out.

"Oh no, Kirara! Sango and Miroku are in danger!" The kitsune bucked up. "C'mon, let's go! We've go to find Inu-Yasha and Kagome!" With that, the fire kitten and the young youkai set off to find the hanyou and the schoolgirl who might've been of aide.

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Kagome was leaning her head on Inu-Yasha's shoulder and sighed heavily. "Um...Inu-Yasha?"

The hanyou looked over to her. "Yeah? Somethin' wrong?"

Kagome shook her head. "I was just thinking..."

Inu-Yasha's ears perked up. He looked hopeful. "Yeah? What?"

Kagome looked into his eyes. "Well..Don't you think it would have been more productive if WE looked for food as well?"

Inu-Yasha's ears drooped. "Yeah, I guess...." He looked somewhat disappointed. 'I've got to be kidding myself if I thought...argh!'

She continued, "Yeah, I mean, we're really hungry, and we have to wait for them to get food, probably even all night, and then they have to make the journey back, and.."

Inu-Yasha cut her off, "All right!!! I get it! Maybe it wasn't the best idea, okay?! I just thought..."

Just then, Shippou, riding Kirara, bounded over to the two. "Inu-Yasha! Ka-goooo-me!!!!" The two stood up and greeted the kitsune with an abrupt, "Shippou!"

Shippou dismounted Kirara and said, "We have to hurry! Miroku...Sango...They're in trouble!"

Inu-Yasha's eyes narrowed. "What happened?"

"There was this youkai temptress...I could smell her...It was so strong. I can't believe he didn't know! Anyway... Well, Sango screamed earlier and Miroku and me and Kirara went to the cave and there was the youkai, making eyes at Miroku. Then Miroku, he got all gushy like he ate a bug'r somethin'! Then they went into the cave to go in the hot spring--I dunno why they wanted to go in there anyway...those thingies BURN! Anyways...when Kirara and me ran to follow them, there was a barrier blocking it! SO! I decided to come get you and Kagome to come help me because you guys are good at that stuff and stuff!" He ended his run-on explanation with a pant. Kagome had nearly fallen asleep and Inu-Yasha looked peeved(teehee...peeved xD).

Inu-Yasha smirked. "Pah. Leave it to that lecherous monk to go pull a thing like this...Hmph..I guess we'll have to go save 'em won't we?"

Kagome nodded. "Hmm. And I think I sense a jewel shard coming from that way, too!" As she finished, Inu-Yasha stooped down, and Kagome climbed onto his back, and Shippou climbed onto Kirara's, and they setoff.

Inu-Yasha looked up at Kagome, bounding over in the direction in which she pointed. "Hmph. I hope that baka hentai is all right.."

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Okies! I hope you liked that chappy! It's my best so far, I think. Not too long, though o.o;; I hope you guys review s'more! ^______^;;; Love yas!!!