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Chapter Two: No Shard

Miroku sighed in relief once Sango was out of sight. "The way Shippo kept glancing at us, I was sure lady Sango had realized something was wrong." He stated as he plopped himself on the ground, resting his staff over his lap.

Inuyasha remained standing. "I say we should hurry up instead of sitting around like you are, eventually Sango's gonna realize something is wrong and I would like to have the shard by the time that happens." He growled impatiently.

"Are you sure we can't just tell them about it?" Miroku asked. "Without Kagome we can't see the shards therefore we don't know when we have come upon one or not and besides we may need Sango's strength should we com across a youkai." He said in a last attempt to get him to change his mind about leaving them behind even though he agreed one hundred percent.

"Damn it Miroku, did you or did you not just agree with me when I said it was best we leave them out of it?" Inuyasha shot back. "Besides it's a psychic youkai were going up against they could be in danger if they tagged along." Inuyasha glanced at Miroku's face to see confusion, and a sense of wanting to protect. Sango was a friend and Inuyasha did not want to see her hurt, but with Miroku it was different. He may be slow to something's, but he had been traveling with the monk and youkai exterminator for a few months now and it was obvious they had feelings for one another. Oh, all right he may have not thought so at first, but Kagome said that they did so he believed her. Inuyasha trusted Kagome's Judgment, so he assumed that after hearing this Miroku would cease his complaints of leaving them behind.

Miroku sighed again as he lowered his head to his chest. "Yes I know I agreed, but if either one should find out the other one will know soon enough and then you would be…" He paused a moment trying to keep the frown firm in place but he really wanted to laugh right now. "Sat and I'll be the one smacked for leaving them out." He complained sadly.

Inuyasha shivered at the 'sat' part of Miroku's complaint, but he didn't let that rethink his decisions. Kagome suffer from these travels enough as it is. "I don't care Miroku, where did your source say the youkai would be at?" He asked the monk, only to get the image of Kagome sitting him from his mind.



"She said the psychic youkai would be near the Shingestu village (if anyone has a better name write it in your reviews) testing his powers on the villagers." Miroku said with a sly smirk. That sounded like something a youkai would do with a newly acquired jewel shard would do.

Inuyasha did not like the look of the monks smile, and refused to think of they ways he had gotten the information from her. "She! You stupid letch! How do you know that she spoke the truth?" Miroku frowned, but Inuyasha didn't let him speak. "Never mind!" He threw up his hands. "Lets just go check it out before they find out were missing?" Miroku nodded and fallowed after Inuyasha.

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Kagome's POV

Kagome hopped out of the well carrying her now very empty, yellow bag, which won't be for long. She thought sadly. When it got full she could barely lift it, most of the time she would make Inuyasha do it for her, that is after a long battle of course. Kagome ran from the shrine and into her house, announcing that she was home. When she received no answer she just walked into the kitchen to find a note taped to the fridge. Pulling it off she read it.

Dear Kagome:

I wrote this to let you know that grandpa, Sota and I have gone shopping and won't be back for a while. I had a feeling that you might be back tonight so I made you and your friends a few snack that I had made. They are in the fridge, I hope you all enjoy them,

Mom,

Well that explains the absence of her family. Kagome wondered how her mother had managed to get gramps out of the house? How had her mother know she would be back? She smiled, sometimes she could swear her mother was psychic the way she seemed to be able to read her mind. Shrugging the thought off Kagome hurried up in packing the supplies she would be needing. The first thing she made sure to grab the first aid kit, as well as fill it was extra bandages and medicines. With as much as their little group was injured, have extra supplies like this was of dire importance. After that was taken care of Kagome filled the bag with a few changes of clothes, food, the something she promised for Shippo, the extra ramen for Inuyasha and the treats her mother had made for them out of the fridge. By the time the bag was full of everything they needed, Kagome realized, sadly, that there wasn't enough room in her large bag for her school books. Oh well, she thought, with Inuyasha roaming around and hunting for jewel shards I doubt I will not have time to study.



Dragging the now heavy yellow bag along with her to the shrine, Kagome struggled to lift it up toward the well's edge, before letting it fall. Afterwards she jumped in after it. When she finally came made it to the other side, Kagome called out to Inuyasha to help her out of the well along with the supplies she had brought with. When he didn't answer, Kagome assumed that he wasn't alright with her leaving back home to her own time, and was most likely sulking somewhere about it. Kagome grumbled underneath her breath saying that. "If he wasn't alright with it then he should have said something and I would have let him come with me… It's not like I'm staying for good!" She complained as she slipped the bag over her shoulders and attempted to get out of the well with out the help of Inuyasha. "I really should ask Keade for a rope ladder to place down he, it would make getting out a lot easier." She huffed.

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Sango's POV

Sango brought the little kitsune to Keade, and as she had thought there wasn't a thing wrong with him… so then what are those two up to? She wondered silently to herself. If it were Miroku alone she would suspect women were involved, but Inuyasha is with him as well. So then that must mean there after a jewel shard! Sango clenched her left fist, how dare they leave her out! She thought angrily.



"Maybe I'm just hungry." The little Kitsune offered from his place on the floor, his eyes were glued to the coloring book Kagome had given him when she last return home as he place in the color of his choice in the blank spaces. That was the same line Shippo had given her after she had thought he was over exaggerating how he really felt. Little kids do that sometimes, so she had gone on with his request.

"Aye, that may be it child, but Kagome will be back soon… but if ye cannot wait until then, I will see what I can come up for ye." Keade offered.

Shippo shook his head enthusiastically. "No, I can wait." He answered… he liked Kagome's food better then the food from his time, especially chocolate!

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Inuyasha's & Miroku's POV

"Miroku!" Complained the hanyou. "Are you sure this is the right place?…. I can't smell anything!"

Miroku turned to face him. "This is were all the villagers have been attacked… are you sure you can't sense or smell anything, Inuyasha?" He asked, while trying hard to keep the frown from his voice. He had been so sure that that girl had been telling the truth

Inuyasha could only pick up Miroku's scent along with the different smells of the forest, but he couldn't find the scent of the youkai he sought. Inuyasha stopped sniffing the air. "I ain't picking up anything, Miroku." He informed the monk threw clenched teeth, he may be sat for nothing. Just as Inuyasha was getting ready to question Miroku once again about this being the right place, he found himself dodging claws. A one second delay and he would have some youkai's claws through his middle.

"Inuyasha, are you alright?" The monk asked while he surveyed the area, the youkai had damaged. The claws had created a small creator with in the earth. If Inuyasha had waited one split second before moving, he may have been unconscious at the bottom of that creator. Miroku thought with a cringe.

Inuyasha ignored Miroku as he drew fourth Tetsuaiga and readied himself for a fight. Jumping high in the air he brought down his sword through the youkai's tough skin, or at least he would have if he had not been knocked away by its extending claws. Inuyasha used Tetsuaiga to help himself stand, he sent a glare to the chuckling youkai.



"Inuyasha, I can't be defeated so easily. I have been watching you since you and the monk arrived, and yet you couldn't sense me, why is that Inuyasha?" It asked mockingly, It's large purple lips coming up in a smirk and its red eyes mocked him silently.

Inuyasha growled in response, tightening his grip on Tetsuaiga. He very much wanted to gouge that stupid youkai's eyes out from that stupid smirking face, but he resisted, he had to concentrate on the battle not his anger. Oh who is he kidding, that was how he fought… his anger. Well it didn't matter, he wasn't about to let some poor excuse for a youkai taunt him any longer, Inuyasha readied him self for another attack.

The youkai's smile deepened, while his eyes darkened. "You should talk, Inuyasha. I can smell the human all over you… disgusting!" The youkai made gagging sounds to get his point across.

Inuyasha was ragging at this point, paying no attention to the fact that the youkai had read his mind. Miroku stepped forward forestalling Inuyasha's course of action by stating. "I did not hear Inuyasha say a thing, not did I see his lips moving. So how was it that you were able?" The monk said as he prepared the air void for use. There maybe no choice in the matter, this time around.



"The same way that I know what your planning monk, I can read a persons mind as well as block out their senses." The youkai shot the two a taunting look, as he began and attack focused on the monk.

Miroku ran toward Inuyasha, dodging the claws that had extended toward his body. "Inuyasha!" He called. "Try to keep your mind firmly on one thing so that this youkai cannot hear your thoughts and be able to predict your movements." The monk then used his staff to block the claws that were aimed for his middle, the force of the encounter caused, the poor hoshi to fly into the base of a tree.

"Miroku!" Inuyasha yelled. Something needed to fill his thoughts, something that he could keep his mind on longer the a few minutes. Then her face came to him. Kagome, he could think about Kagome. He then thought about how she was most likely going to 'sit' him when he goes back to her. That is if she manages to find out about this ordeal, but then it would be worth because at least he was able to keep her safe even if it were only for awhile. Inuyasha watch for the wound in the wind, making sure none of his actions reflected his thoughts. Inuyasha noted the worry in the youkai's eyes as he realized he would hear his thoughts anymore, so it worked. He then hopped she wouldn't decide to go back home after all of this, but then that's what usually happened when they got into an argument. Inuyasha dodged and incoming claw and brought Tetsuaiga down on the wound, forcing rays of light to spill over the youkai causing him to disintegrate into thin air.

Inuyasha walked over and helped Miroku to his feet. "Damn it Miroku, this was a waste of time… lets hurry back." He growled as he made way back to home.

Miroku blinked in shock. "You mean there wasn't a jewel, but she was so sure." The monk sighed.

"Stupid lecher, next time find a source that isn't a woman." Inuyasha growled as he hurried back. They needed to try and get there before Kagome. She would ask all sorts of questions and when he refused to answer them… she would most likely 'sit' him. Then when she found out the truth a few more 'sits' would then fallow that! Inuyasha groaned at every memory of being 'sat' that came flooding through his mind, the thought had caused him to quicken his steps.

"Um… Inuyasha?" He heard the monk ask behind him.

"What!" He yelled behind him, not once slowing in his pace.

"I think we should tidy ourselves up, if we don't want to be caught then I don't think we should return like we just came from a battle." Inuyasha nodded solemnly and followed to where the monk lead.

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A/N: Well I hopped you liked it! I am gonna do a little Miroku/Sango in here… I have decided the story would just not be complete with out them. That and the reviews had a bit in helping me make my decision…. Well anyways I am gonna try and update every other day, though I don't know if I will be able to… because I have home schooling and it's not a walk in the park, it consumes a lot of my time, but I will try and get them out there as soon as I can… Ja Ne for now!