Disclaimer: I never did, don't, and never will own Inu-yasha (obviously).
"You don't remember the way?!?!" Inu-yasha yelled at the lost miko.
"Hey, I was distracted!" she yelled back with equal fierceness. "And it's not like you remembered either!"
"Now, now," Miroku said, trying to calm the two of them down.
"Shut up!" they both snarled at him, continuing on with their bickering.
"You know," Miroku said, leaning over next to Sango's ear, "those two should really get married. They fight like a married couple as it is. In fact," he murmured, "we should get marr-." His thought ended with a thwack on the head.
"We are lost in a mountain cave with no food, supplies, and a baby dragon. This is no time to be snuggling up," Sango told the monk fiercely. "Actually, you shouldn't be snuggling up anyway, pervert."
"Ah, well," he said, shrugging his shoulders. "It was worth a try."
"Grown ups," he told the baby dragon, scolding. "And they think we're bad." The dragon sighed in agreement.
Suddenly the seven-foot baby seemed to get an idea. "Hassa nessoi bashiessa hastomasss. Uesssi comasss tonniii," he told Kagome. As an after thought he added. "Bashiessa deamoss jallass."
Kagome cocked her head to the side thoughtfully. She shrugged. "Deamoss hassa tallasa bashiessa."
"Sasso," the dragon replied quickly. Then indicating toward Inu-yasha and Shippo, told her, "Kasssa neoposs Deamoss hassa."
"Well," Inu-yasha asked impatiently. "What does he want?"
"First off, his name is Nessoi. That isn't his real name, of course, because that holds power over them, but it's what he is called." Then tilting her head to the side, told them, "dragons have an very strong sense of power. They can feel magic, as you might say. He said that if you two demons can smell the way towards the exit, he can pick up the trail easily after a while."
"Good," he said confidently. Then, as if realizing something, suddenly whirling towards Kagome, starred at her.
"What?!?!" she said, rebuking from his odd behavior and unnerving stare.
"I can't smell you," he said, shocked.
She sighed in relief. "Well, is that all? You had me scared for a moment. I thought something was really wrong."
"I can't smell you!" he said, throwing his hands up in the air.
"Yes, I heard the first time," she told him, irritated. "I'm a ghost, of course you can't smell me. You can't even touch me."
"But smell is really important for us Canis demons," Shippo explained. "If we can't smell you, we have trouble locating you."
"Oh, well," she said shrugging. "If you ever want to smell me again, however, you better hurry up and tell us if you two can sniff your way in the right direction."
"Sure," Shippo replied, confidently. "After a while, our noses will be dull for a little, but we can probably get us going the right way. Isn't that right, Inu-yasha?" he asked, looking up at the older demon.
Inu-yasha, who finally seemed to be gaining control of himself once more, shrugged. "I guess."
"Good," Kagome replied. Then pointing her finger in the direction of one of the openings to a cavern said, "Find, boys!"
"Uh, Kagome?" Shippo said, embarrassed. "We came from the other opening."
She looked over at it, then shrugged. "Hey, you two are the ones with good noses. I can't even smell."
The two demons dropped to the ground, noses pressed to the floor, and lead the way, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Nessoi in trail.
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It was hours before Nessoi found a trace of the exit.
"Hey!" Kagome yelled at the two of them after about three hours. "I thought you two were demons, but your only chasing after wild geese!"
"Shut UP!" Inu-yasha yelled at her, not bothering to look up. He was already so irritated by the fruitless search, he didn't even bother to ask what she meant by wild geese. He just kept his nose pressed to the dirt ground, hoping that his slowly dulling nose would be able to pick something up.
Suddenly the baby dragon perked up. "Bashiessa messa contasana!" he told Kagome, excited. "Bashiessa messa contasana!"
"Nossena falshpa," she told it. Then, turning around to look at the frowning group, told them, "Nessoi has found the exit!"
All of their faces lit up. Both Shippo and Inu-yasha looked relieved from their release of smelling, their noses dull by all the work.
"Mocassa!" the dragon said, pointing to the tunnel at the right.
"It's that way," Kagome translated. They all hurried off in that direction.
It took them only about ten more minutes to find the exit. When they saw the light at the end, they all dashed towards it. They all felt a great relief to see the sun once again and feel the powerful wind that always circulated around the high mountains.
Suddenly, they all felt a great wind whip over them. They looked over to find Nessoi opening two great wings on his back. They were light blue colored and resembled a bat's, with a mixture of bones and skin. Each on was about ten feet long and took up most of the cavern. They were all forced to duck, as they came out towards them with powerful pumps, whirling up dust. And slowly, ever so slowly, the little (but now less so) dragon lifted off into the air.
As he whirled out of the tunnel with two powerful swoops, he cried back towards them, "Issino parva! Connstana!"
When the dust slowly began to calm and the baby dragon could barely be seen in the sky, Inu-yasha noticed, trickles of tears running down Kagome's face as she waved at Nessoi.
And none of them had to ask what the dragon had said.
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Hey again, ya'll!
Dream Fox is back once again with a new chapter just like I promised! I got plenty of reviews lately, so thank you everyone! I think I got a couple questions, so hold on while I check my email to see what they were….
Okay, well I only got two real QUESTIONS if you're going to be technical, but I have a few comments anyway.
First up, I just turned fourteen on May 3rd. Catlover55 asked me that.
Also, I know people like 'sits' it's just a little hard to work into a serious story like this one is for the most part, but I try to put some in, even if it's just references.
And to Laura, I did change my summery, so thank you for the suggestion.
Last, to Tinuviel, I answered your smell question in my story because you bring up a good point. So there. Also, Kagome can go into other people's minds, like Inu-yasha's, but that would be pretty rude anyway. Besides, that would lead in a lovey dovey direction, and like I said before, I want to keep the characters as similar as possible to the manga and anime. At the end, however, I might add a bit of mush.
If I don't have a new chapter up on Thursday, I'll have one on Friday. Same deal as always.
Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes! I had a good one (particularly with my new laptop, which I am completely obsessed with at the moment!)!
Dream Fox