Chapter 2

"Hey little girl, get out of the forest, there's a big scary youkai on the loose." Mizu backed away from the monk. She clenched her fists. "You get outta my way! I gotta get away from your big scary youkai!" She pushed him out of her way. "Hm? Are you who I'm looking for then?" He turned to watch her stomp off. She stopped. "You're looking... for me?" she looked back. "Well I was thinking maybe, you'd be a kid or maybe a beautiful ex- princess, but you're just a plain little peasant girl." He sighed. "At least I still have Sango..." "You're such a bastard!!! I don't even know you and you're insulting me!!!" She yelled. "Oh Mizu!!! My little companion!!! I want you to meet my friend, Naraku!!! We must push on!!! Don't run!!!" Olaf was now a giant icy dog that was rushing toward them. "Naraku!!!" Miroku dove out of Olaf's way. "Little girl!" He yelled, "Do you know Naraku?" "No of course not!!!" she yelled back at him. Olaf kept going straight. "What's he doing?!?!" "Stand back!!!" Miroku stood up and lifted his right hand. "Wait Miroku!!!" A girl's voice in the distance. "The Saimyoushou!!" Sango approached followed by Kagome and Inu Yasha. "What?" Miroku turned to see the icky bugs buzzing around in the trees. "Dammit." Mizu burst through the group and ran in Olaf's path of destroyed trees. "Who was that?" Inu Yasha asked Kagome. "Hm, I don't know... Maybe Miroku wasn't doing his job..." She replied. "He wouldn't... would he?" Sango and Kagome stared at him. "I'M NOT ALWAYS LIKE THAT!!!" He yelled. Inu Yasha pointed his nose in the air. "The smell of blood and ice... That damn Ice dog just attacked the village!!!" Inu Yasha lept into the air and began jumping from tree to tree towards the village. "KIRARA!" Sango yelled. The little dog hopped into the air and transformed into it's big form and Sango and Kagome got on. Miroku began to climb on when the dog began to run. He hung on for dear life. "Miroku, maybe you should've walked..." Shippou said. "Shut up!!" He growled. "Miroku, I wanna talk to Sango, so can you please get off..." Kagome asked as calmly as she could. Shippou pulled his fingers from Kirara's fur and Miroku fell. "Lucky we're only 30 feet in the air!!!" Shippou yelled as Miroku fell.

Mizu looked up. "They sure were a crazy crowd." She panted. She leaned on her knees. She heard a loud thud behind her. It was getting dark so she cautiously stood up and turned. "A little help..." Miroku was on the ground twitching, sort of like Inu Yasha's sit position. "So monk, got the ladies offended didya?" She put her hands on her hips. "Not funny, little girl." She crouched down next to him and smiled. "I see you have a reputation among them." She winked as he slowly got up. "I have a reputation too, ya know." "And what's that?" He asked. "I'm the little sister of a wild thief, so naturally, I also happen to be a thief." "A wild thief? And you were burned, weren't you. You're related to Onigumo." "You know my big brother!!!!!!!" A huge smile came across her face.

Inu Yasha looked around the village where huge icicles had pounded through the houses and there were bodies of men women and children lying around. "Dammit. Why did the demon attack the village?" Kirara landed next to him and Kagome jumped off. "Inu Yasha... Is Naru okay? Have you found her?" She asked worriedly. "KAGOME!!!" Naru yelled as she ran over and grabbed onto her leg. "He ate Mizu didn't he... He ate babaa, so of course he ate Mizu..." She cried. "Naru, don't cry, we didn't find Mizu." Shippou said, "but we'll find her!" "Maybe we did..." Inu Yasha mumbled. "The girl, but I thought she'd be a little more... exotic looking, I guess." Sango said. "I just thought she was another of those girl's Miroku hits on." "Go find Miroku and the girl, Sango, I'll take care of this guy." Kirara rose to the sky again.

"I am Mizuno Gumo. My brother raised me, but we got in an accident after stealing from a palace and he fell down a cliff... I thought he died." Mizu sat next to Miroku who was rubbing his forehead. "So you know nothing of him now?" He asked. "Nope. I do miss him, but I guess I can live without him." "Wait, but why aren't you old?" He asked "What do you mean, monk? I'm as old as I should be." "Your brother sold his body and soul to youkai... but that was 50 years ago... and you're only like... 16..." he mumbled. "No way!!! That's crazy!!!" she laughed. "Hm... well this is awkward..." He sighed. "Monk, will you let me bear your child?" She grabbed his hand. "This is even more awkward... but I've been through this before..." He mumbled. "PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!" She begged. "Well, I suppose..." "YOU SUPPOSE WHAT!!!???" Sango clobbered him over the head. "You can only suppose so much, monk." Mizu smiled. "I got your wallet." "Euh?" Miroku checked his robes. "Are you Mizu, the girl that the youkai took?" Sango asked, putting her boomerang over her shoulder. "Why yes I happen to be that girl that the youkai took." Mizu said smartly.

*I feel like these people should be my enemies... Like they hurt someone... Oh Onigumo, now I'm remembering you so well... What did they do to you? And what's this I'm sensing?*

"The Kehai of a Shikon fragment..." Kagome said, "Inu Yasha, that youkai has 3, one above each eye and one in it's tail." "How many damn fragments are there? And how did he get so many?" Inu Yasha asked angrily. "We're here guys!" Sango yelled down from Kirara. Mizu was hanging on to her and Miroku was behind Mizu. "The kehai of corrupted Shikon fragments..." Mizu mumbled. "I don't feel so good..."