Looking for a Reason #5

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Feudal Japan

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Miroku gave an extravagant yawn. He stretched as the two walked.

"How much further?" he wondered.

"Well it says to follow this road until we see a small barn, we are to turn left into a Japanese eggplant field, then we are to-" she stopped, "Oh no! The directions!"

Miroku ran to her side, to his horror he saw the same thing. The freshly written directions had been ruined during the rain. He tried to see the directions using the morning sunlight from above, but he found that he could only see few words, maybe those could help.

"I can ride Kirara and I can check out the area, it says we're pretty close-" Sango stroked the fur of her little friend.

"Ok, you do that, and let's see, I can still read names of places were supposed to go through to reach this Cave of Hiragashi-" Miroku smiled faintly. Sango nodded.

"We need to work fast, I'm getting a feeling they're not doing so well back home."

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Kagome stared down at Inu Yasha's sleeping figure. He seemed so peaceful as he slept. When he'd wake up, she feed him less then a quarter cup of the tea.

"Kagome..." Inu Yasha stared up at her. She knew he was in a lot of pain, she couldn't look him in the eyes. She looked away when he would speak.

"What is it Inu Yasha?" she stared at her hands, which were folded like napkins in her laps.

"I think I'm going to die-"

"No you're not! Don't think that way!"

"Well then how come I don't feel better?" Inu Yasha stared at her hands as well.

"Miroku and Sango will be back with more leaves soon, don't you worry!" Inu Yasha turned his gaze up to Kagome's face.

"Why are you so certain?"

"Because if you live, I feel like that then maybe I could go home. Maybe I was supposed to stay here and help you recover, and once your better, everything back home will be ok!" Inu Yasha saw a tear slide down her cheek. With any strength he had left, he grabbed her shoulders and pulled her into a hug. She was forced into his arms, this was the second time he had done this. This time, she didn't hesitate, she cried into his warm, bare chest.

"Please get better Inu Yasha, I wouldn't be able to live," she mumbled to herself, she said what she wanted to cry about. Inu Yasha was shocked by whatever she was saying.

Inu Yasha already knew that it was because she loved him, she had said it the night before. Even though Kaede had told Kagome that he'd forget it, he hadn't. But he realized how pathetic he was yesterday, so he would just pretend not to remember. He had loved her too, all those times he had run after her, so she wouldn't be hurt. All those times he had slay demons, was to show his power and to show off to her. He stared at the ceiling as he held onto her tightly. Finally she pulled away and laughed at herself.

"What?"

"I'm so stupid," she smiled as she wiped away any tears she had left on his chest and her face. "Sorry about that."

"Don't worry about it-"

"I'm going to go see if Kaede has found anything," she stood up, "If you feel sick, I left some tea in that cup."

Inu Yasha nodded. Kagome picked up the jar, which had a little more then a quarter of a jar left. He would get one more cup next time he woke up, or needed more medicine, then he had to live with the symptoms until Miroku and Sango got back. 'Where are you two!?' anger flared in Kagome's cheeks. Why were they stalling like this? She walked outside where Shippou made an attempt to play with the stubborn Kaede.

"Pwease!!!!" he begged.

"Not Now Shippou! I'm thinking!"

"Come here Shippou," Kagome smiled at the kitsune. He giggled as she tickled him. He felt mischievous and transformed into Inu Yasha. She blinked a couple times staring into Shippou's exact replica of Inu Yasha. She then forced him off of her lap, feeling his exact weight.

"Shippou transform back!" Kagome growled. Shippou grinned, using Inu Yasha's lips.

"I'm not Shippou, I'm Inu Yasha Wench!" Kagome couldn't help but giggle.

"I don't sound like that..." a snarl was heard behind them. Shippou coward and hid under Kagome's leg.

"Inu Yasha!" Kagome stood up, "Get back inside!"

"I just drank the rest of that crap, and there's nothing left!" he threw her the cup and walked slowly over to them. He had put on his kimono sloppily and leaned against the hut wall. Kagome felt awkward being around him after her crying. She knew that at least, he couldn't remember what she had said the night before, but she felt like he did. She couldn't face him now, she felt too weird. She didn't want to be around him.

"I'm going to go for a walk, come on Shippou," the small fox jumped onto her shoulder, she began walking around the hut. Inu Yasha could smell her awkwardness, he could see it in her movements, 'What's wrong with her?'.

"What are those two doing?" Kaede snapped.

"Who cares?" Inu Yasha supported his head with his hands.

"You should, they're going out into the wild and getting you remedy!"

"Feh." Inu Yasha looked out into the distant where Kagome was wandering with Shippou.

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"Did you have to drag me along?!" Miroku sat on Kirara's large back, his arms wrapped tightly around Sango's waist.

"Look! Japanese Eggplant!" she pointed to the field where small purple plants were growing.

"Ok, well the place we're supposed to stop before the cave is the river of Yinshi [Yee-n-she]. I remember hearing that name-" Miroku jumped as they began to descend. "What are you doing?!"

"Look there!" Sango pointed towards where they were going to land. A man was surrounded by two large green troll like things. Kirara jumped onto the ground, Miroku fell off of her back, as Sango jumped off. Miroku ran to the elderly man. Out of nowhere, Sango's boomerang hit the trolls in the head. They growled and faced her. She gulped, she was now wearing her black and pink outfit. The boomerang came back into her hands. Miroku grabbed his staff and hit both of them powerfully. They fell over, and Miroku unshielded his wind tunnel. The two demons tried to get out of the way, but they were sucked into his palm. Miroku quickly covered his hand and turned to the man.

"Are you ok sir?" the man looked at him and nearly fainted.

"You- You- What is wrong with your hand??!" he stared wide-eyed at Miroku, who grinned.


"Would you like to see what it's like inside?" Miroku smiled. The man's eyes grew bigger.

"N-No!"

"Well then, will you tell us where we can find the cave of Hiragashi?" Sango watched as Miroku and the man spoke. She looked around the clearing.

"J-Just up to the north of the bed!"

"Bed?" Miroku raised his eyebrow.

"This is a dried out river bed, Miroku," Sango explained, after examining the area.

"Yes the lady knows! Just keep g-going up the bed this way, and you'll come across a fork, the land between the forked river leads to a cave."

"Thank you," Miroku bowed and they jumped on Kirara's back again.

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"So do you like Inu Yasha?" Shippou was excited about his little walk. He bounced ahead of Kagome and turned around.

"I-" she raised her eyebrow, "Why?"

"I'm just wondering."

"Well-" she went over the whole story.

"You're EMBARRASSED?"

"Not so loud Shippou," Kagome blushed.

"It's not that embarrassing!"

"To me it is! I don't usually tell people I like them and cry on their shoulder!" Kagome walked slowly.

"Have you thought about going and checking the well?" Shippou turned to Kagome. He looked so cute trying to carry on conversation.

"I will when Inu Yasha's better," she explained, "I may be embarrassed around him, but I want to make sure he's ok."

"That's good." Shippou smiled at Kagome.

"I know. I don't like how sick he is, I don't want him to be hurt."

"You know that Inu Yasha's not scared of dying."

"I-" Kagome stared at him, "I won't let him die."

"I know you won't, but he hides how he really feels, he doesn't like to be pitied. He may be in tremendous pain, but just like most 'men' he'll try to show off and act like nothing's happening!"

Kagome stared at the ground, "I suppose your right."

Shippou smiled, "I want to go back."

Kagome nodded and smiled, she bowed to numerous people who walked by. She decided to be very polite today. They made their way back to Kaede's hut.

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"Ugh! It smells GROSS in here!" Sango complained. The cave was humid and smelled rotten. She winced as they entered. The ceiling way love, and the air was wet, not the nicest of caves.

"Let's hurry up," They tiptoed in slowly. Kirara yipped in fear as a bat swung from it's perch at them. Sango nearly fainted.

"Come on Miroku!" the three sped up a bit, the path became narrower, until the light at the end of the cave tunnel, was bright. Kirara was first, she ran into the bright opening. As their eyes adjusted, they two gulped. An extremely narrow staircase led 100 feet to the floor below.

"No way. I'm not going!" Kirara landed at the bottom, and shrunk to her normal size.

"We have to!" Miroku complied.

"Look at this! You go, and you're suicidal!"

"It's for a friend," Miroku growled. He began walking down the narrow staircase, keeping his balance.

"Great, make me feel guilty," she snarled as she began to descend behind him.

"If it makes you move," Miroku joked.

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"Where is he?" Kagome asked Kaede who had once more emerged from the house.

"He collapsed again, I was able to pull him inside, I fed him the rest of the tea," Shippou ran around Kagome's heels.

"Oh no! What if-"

"We just have to pray they will move faster, they're surprisingly slow."

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End Chap. 5

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Jamie: That's it for now Feh. Well join us next time, for the return of Miroku and Sango!