Disclaimer~ Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, Shonen Sunday, etc.
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Seeing Can Be Deceiving
Chapter 6
by sunny1388
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"Kouga?! Oh no! Not now, not while Kagome is like this! Oh, why did he have to come and where is Inuyasha when Kagome needs him?"
Sango muttered to herself while she grabbed her boomerang and took up a fighting stance in front of Kagome's unconscious form in case Kouga somehow broke through Miroku's shielding spell.
Kirara had already transformed and was standing with Miroku outside the shield.
Suddenly, Sango felt a little tug on her leg and looked down to see Shippo's worried little face.
"Sango..., um...are we gonna be okay?" He asked, quickly letting go of her leg to clasp his hands behind his back.
Sango smiled a bit. She had known the little Kitsune was always shy with her, but she liked Shippo a lot. Only, she was still too heart-broken from the loss of Kohaku to be so affectionate with a small child. She still missed Kohaku everyday and never stopped thinking about him.
"Yes, Shippo, Kirara is out there right now, protecting us." Although Sango did not want to rely on anyone else for protection, she knew that someone had to watch over Kagome and Shippo. Also, she knew that against Kouga, Miroku's hand would be a better weapon than her boomerang, no matter how much she didn't want to admit it.
"And Miroku, he's there, too!" Shippo added, protesting when he thought Sango had forgotten the monk, who Shippo liked a lot as an older brother, but also a shoulder to ride on so he wouldn't have to walk.
However, Shippo stopped when his sharp kitsune ears picked up an interesting sound. He was trying to puzzle out what it meant while Sango replied.
"Yes, Mi-um...houshi-sama is fighting for us also."
Then Sango looked down at Shippo again and noticed he had a very funny expression on his face.
"What is it, Shippo? What's the matter?" Sango was worried it was another attacker.
"Oh...nothing..." Shippo replied, slowly, in the voice children used when they knew a secret.
"Shippo, what is it? If it's something important, please tell me." Sango asked, still worried.
"Oh...well...it's just that...you like Miroku, don't ya?" Shippo asked, looking mischievously at Sango, who oculd feel her face turn red and her heart speed up.
Worse, she knew that Shippo would be able to hear it.
"Um...what do you mean? Houshi-sama?!" Sango started to think up any lie that she could tell to get out of this awkward position.
"Yep! Ya do like him!! I thought so, he'll be happy when he hears this!!" The little kitsune started jumping up and down, waiting for a free moment to talk to Miroku. The priest would be VERY happy!
But the kitsune was stopped in midjump by Sango, who grabbed him and covered his mouth, hoping that the shield on the cave also covered out sound.
"Shh! Onegai Shippo, don't tell. Please!" Sango pleaded, looking nervously to the mouth of the cave and then back down at Shippo, being restrained by her arms.
"Oh, alright...but ya hafta tell him sooner or later!" Shippo teased, jumping out from Sango's arms.
Sango only sighed, but she waas relieved that, at least for now, her secret was safe.
'Wait! What am I thinking? What secret?! I do not love that lecher, how could anyone love that...' but Sango's thoughts were abruptely stopped when Kouga somehow broke through the shield, knocking Miroku and Kirara, who were outside, back into the cave.
Now the fuming wolf-youkai quickly spotted Kagome and ran to her side.
"Kagome! Kagome, what happened?" But he quickly realized that Kagome was unconscious and before any of them could even get up to fight, he had scooped Kagome up into his arms and left.
Finally getting up after being slammed into the cave wall by the fierce winds from Kouga, Sango cried out when she saw that Kagome was gone.
Running out of the cave, she saw Miroku, tossed carelessly to the side of the road, bleeding from several small wounds as well as a cut on his forehead that trickled blood down the side of his face.
With Sango's help, Miroku got unsteadily to his face and leaned heavily on the demon-huntress by him, too exhausted to try anything.
Kirara suffered even more and was now in her little form. The little cat was picked up by Shippo who had followed Sango out of the cave.
Sango threw her boomerang, but Kouga dodged it easily.
The small group stood wordlessly on the path, following the whirling dust tornado with their eyes as they tried to suppress their own overwhelmed emotions.
Kagome was gone, again.
Shippo sobbed openly and hugged Kirara even more.
Miroku simply stared down the path, his face hard and solemn. He had an arm around Sango's shoulders.
Sango was weeping for her friend, tears running down her cheeks silently as she leaned again Miroku.
They all knew it was hopeless to follow Kouga, at least until Inuyasha was back.
Miroku was feeling especially angry at the hanyou. How could he be somewhere else when that pathetic lovesick wolf had kidnapped Kagome again?!
He looked down at the path now; it was getting too hard to stare at the small tornado, becoming seemingly smaller and smaller as it moved further and further away from them.
But feeling Sango stiffen in his arms, he looked up and, for a moment, didn't realize why she gasped, but then he saw it.
Sesshomaru.
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Seeing Can Be Deceiving
Chapter 6
by sunny1388
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"Kouga?! Oh no! Not now, not while Kagome is like this! Oh, why did he have to come and where is Inuyasha when Kagome needs him?"
Sango muttered to herself while she grabbed her boomerang and took up a fighting stance in front of Kagome's unconscious form in case Kouga somehow broke through Miroku's shielding spell.
Kirara had already transformed and was standing with Miroku outside the shield.
Suddenly, Sango felt a little tug on her leg and looked down to see Shippo's worried little face.
"Sango..., um...are we gonna be okay?" He asked, quickly letting go of her leg to clasp his hands behind his back.
Sango smiled a bit. She had known the little Kitsune was always shy with her, but she liked Shippo a lot. Only, she was still too heart-broken from the loss of Kohaku to be so affectionate with a small child. She still missed Kohaku everyday and never stopped thinking about him.
"Yes, Shippo, Kirara is out there right now, protecting us." Although Sango did not want to rely on anyone else for protection, she knew that someone had to watch over Kagome and Shippo. Also, she knew that against Kouga, Miroku's hand would be a better weapon than her boomerang, no matter how much she didn't want to admit it.
"And Miroku, he's there, too!" Shippo added, protesting when he thought Sango had forgotten the monk, who Shippo liked a lot as an older brother, but also a shoulder to ride on so he wouldn't have to walk.
However, Shippo stopped when his sharp kitsune ears picked up an interesting sound. He was trying to puzzle out what it meant while Sango replied.
"Yes, Mi-um...houshi-sama is fighting for us also."
Then Sango looked down at Shippo again and noticed he had a very funny expression on his face.
"What is it, Shippo? What's the matter?" Sango was worried it was another attacker.
"Oh...nothing..." Shippo replied, slowly, in the voice children used when they knew a secret.
"Shippo, what is it? If it's something important, please tell me." Sango asked, still worried.
"Oh...well...it's just that...you like Miroku, don't ya?" Shippo asked, looking mischievously at Sango, who oculd feel her face turn red and her heart speed up.
Worse, she knew that Shippo would be able to hear it.
"Um...what do you mean? Houshi-sama?!" Sango started to think up any lie that she could tell to get out of this awkward position.
"Yep! Ya do like him!! I thought so, he'll be happy when he hears this!!" The little kitsune started jumping up and down, waiting for a free moment to talk to Miroku. The priest would be VERY happy!
But the kitsune was stopped in midjump by Sango, who grabbed him and covered his mouth, hoping that the shield on the cave also covered out sound.
"Shh! Onegai Shippo, don't tell. Please!" Sango pleaded, looking nervously to the mouth of the cave and then back down at Shippo, being restrained by her arms.
"Oh, alright...but ya hafta tell him sooner or later!" Shippo teased, jumping out from Sango's arms.
Sango only sighed, but she waas relieved that, at least for now, her secret was safe.
'Wait! What am I thinking? What secret?! I do not love that lecher, how could anyone love that...' but Sango's thoughts were abruptely stopped when Kouga somehow broke through the shield, knocking Miroku and Kirara, who were outside, back into the cave.
Now the fuming wolf-youkai quickly spotted Kagome and ran to her side.
"Kagome! Kagome, what happened?" But he quickly realized that Kagome was unconscious and before any of them could even get up to fight, he had scooped Kagome up into his arms and left.
Finally getting up after being slammed into the cave wall by the fierce winds from Kouga, Sango cried out when she saw that Kagome was gone.
Running out of the cave, she saw Miroku, tossed carelessly to the side of the road, bleeding from several small wounds as well as a cut on his forehead that trickled blood down the side of his face.
With Sango's help, Miroku got unsteadily to his face and leaned heavily on the demon-huntress by him, too exhausted to try anything.
Kirara suffered even more and was now in her little form. The little cat was picked up by Shippo who had followed Sango out of the cave.
Sango threw her boomerang, but Kouga dodged it easily.
The small group stood wordlessly on the path, following the whirling dust tornado with their eyes as they tried to suppress their own overwhelmed emotions.
Kagome was gone, again.
Shippo sobbed openly and hugged Kirara even more.
Miroku simply stared down the path, his face hard and solemn. He had an arm around Sango's shoulders.
Sango was weeping for her friend, tears running down her cheeks silently as she leaned again Miroku.
They all knew it was hopeless to follow Kouga, at least until Inuyasha was back.
Miroku was feeling especially angry at the hanyou. How could he be somewhere else when that pathetic lovesick wolf had kidnapped Kagome again?!
He looked down at the path now; it was getting too hard to stare at the small tornado, becoming seemingly smaller and smaller as it moved further and further away from them.
But feeling Sango stiffen in his arms, he looked up and, for a moment, didn't realize why she gasped, but then he saw it.
Sesshomaru.