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Chapter Three: What in The World!

Shippo and Sango's POV

"Tell Kagome that I shall return in a bit, I have some business that needs attending to in the village." Keade said as she exited the hut.

Sango glanced over at Shippo, the little kitsune sat eyes pasted to his coloring book while he solely concentrated on not coloring out side of the lines. Taking this as her chance Sango slowly crossed the room to take a seat next to Shippo, trying hard not to grin. The little fox child looked so cute sitting there trying with all his might not to make one single mark out side the line. When he came close to it though, Sango noticed, he would nit his brows together, glare at the spot and then start moving the crayon again. "Shippo where did Inuyasha go?" She asked casually.

The crayon in Shippo's hand stopped suddenly, and his body froze stiff. This action gave Sango cause to wondered what the two of them were up to. "N-no where…. Or I mean I- I can't say really." Stuttered the little kitsune.

Kirara came over and lazily curled up beside Sango's leg, She smiled down at the fire cat and began petting her between the ears. "And why is that Shippo?"

Shippo though about it for a moment, he didn't owe anything to Inuyasha, but he didn't want Kagome to get hurt, nor did he want Inuyasha to hit him again. Shippo shuddered at an unwanted image of the hanyou pounding his head in a few times with his fist. "Sango I promised Inuyasha I wouldn't tell were he went!" He wined.

Sango paused a moment in petting Kirara, then began again with a knew idea. "You said you couldn't say were Inuyasha went, but what about Miroku? Is he with Inuyasha?" Sango looked at him expectantly.

Shippo didn't want to lie to Sango, but then he didn't want to get beaten up by Inuyasha either so he answered her question with the idea she had given him. "No, Miroku left to some village, something about a pretty woman." The kitsune informed. Sango's face fell at that, and he regretted it instantly as he recalled what Kagome had said not to long ago… about Sango having feelings for the monk. He decided to take back his words. "I could have heard wrong Sango, actually… um… I think he said something about…" Shippo paused a moment when it hit him. "Exorcising a rich man's hut." He answered proudly, Miroku is always doing things like that. It was the perfect save, Shippo's face dropped, but it hadn't seem to work. She still looked sad.

Was she really that transparent at the moment, she wondered, that Shippo would notice her depression at the news? Sango forced her self to smile as she said. "No I'm sure you heard right, it does sound like something he would do." The sadness in her eyes broke the little kitsune's heart, why did Inuyasha make him have to lie. Well it wasn't entirely Inuyasha's fault, he could have said something else. Shippo sighed dejectedly, but his spirits soon raised after hearing a voice calling out to Sango, the voice seemed to make Sango smile too… and it wasn't a forced on either.

Sango stood, while Shippo jumped up to her right shoulder. She could talk to Kagome about it, Sango thought after a moment, she always felt better after speaking with her. Sango Smiled at the kitsune on her shoulder, who could barely keep his excitement at her return in check. It looks like she is not the only one that Kagome made happy just by being present. I never thought I would have such good friends, Sango mused as she walked out of the hut to meet Kagome.

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Every ones POV

Sango watched as Kagome tried to pull the now full yellow bag behind her, she couldn't help but smile. Most of the things in that pack were most likely for them and not herself. Kagome only ever brought three changes of clothes, a bottle of shampoo, a brush, some paste that cleans teeth and brush that put the paste on, but that was the only thing she ever brought for her self. The rest was for them… Sango would have rushed to her friends side to help her carry the gigantic bag to the hut if Inuyasha hadn't gracefully landed in her way, Miroku came trailing after him shortly.

Sango shot the monk and evil glare. "I wonder if hoshi-sama had fun with the girl Shippo said he was with." She thought angrily.

Inuyasha thought she sounded kind of jealous, but his attention was fully on Kagome. What had Shippo told Kagome about his absence? Had he even gotten a chance to say anything? He wondered. "Lets see… I did remember to get everything, right? Yeah I think I did?" Inuyasha's eyes opened wide, he nearly fell over but managed to get a hold of himself. He heard Kagome, but her lips weren't moving! Did he just hear her thoughts!? Inuyasha thought frantically. He turned to look at Sango and Shippo, Sango stood glaring at Miroku thinking about how much of a jerk his is, before when he heard her he just that it was angry curses mumbled under her breath. While Shippo glance from him to Kagome his thoughts jumping from what Kagome may have brought him to thoughts of, would Kagome be made if she found out he had played a part in what Inuyasha and Miroku had done. Inuyasha cast a questioning glance to Miroku, who did the same in turn. Did the monk hear things to? Inuyasha wondered.

"So where are you coming from?" Sango asked Miroku. Her voice was a mixture of anger and pain, that caused all who could detect it to cringe inwardly.

"I was going to exorcise a young woman's hut, but Inuyasha forced me to come along with him to search for information of the jewel shards." He said in a daze. Miroku was stunned at what he was hearing from lady Sango, she was upset at the thought of him flirting with another woman, maybe even jealous. He didn't know what to think, he had absolutely no idea that she felt that way.

"Did you find anything?" She asked, she couldn't help to keep out the tinge of hopefulness in her voice as she asked the two that question. It has been two weeks since they've come across a solid lead on a shard.

Miroku shook his head sadly. "But with you here we might be able to find something a lot quicker then if you had stayed back in your time." He commented, one, to bring up her hopes, two, to keep her from returning earlier then planned. Though if a certain hanyou should happen to anger her, well he wasn't sure if that comment would keep her here.

Kagome nodded, giving Miroku a bright smile and he returned it, as she tried to lift the yellow bag over her shoulders. "Why must this bag be so heavy, I swear one of these days I'm gonna break my back!" Kagome thought. Hearing this Inuyasha took the bag from her and threw it over his own shoulders, accidentally brushing her fingers against his, though she seemed to take no notice. Her eyes opened wide with shock. "Why is he being so nice?" Kagome wondered. "Normally he would just say 'its your own fault for putting to much stuff in there', and besides I thought he was mad at me for going back home." Her eyes studied him a bit, and she noticed a slight blush on his cheeks. "Why is he blushing?" This thought only deepened his blush, but she didn't know he could hear her thoughts, so she got closer to examine him which only made things worse. "Are you alright?" She asked aloud, this caused all eyes to turn on them. Kagome placed a hand above his brow. "You feel fine to me."

Inuyasha shook her hand from him. "I'm fine alright!" He growled as he walked into Keade's hut. Everyone watched in silence, all but Kagome tired to keep there laughter in check. Kagome, was the only one who seriously thought something was actually wrong with him, but the others knew the real reason.

Once Inuyasha was out of sight, Shippo jumped from Sango's shoulders and ran straight into Kagome's waiting arms and snuggled close. "Kagome, I missed you!" He cried. "Did you bring me back anything!" He asked excitedly.

He said it with such hope that Kagome couldn't help but smile at the little kitsune. "Of course I did Shippo." She cooed as she walked into Keade's hut to retrieve Shippo's prize from he bag.

After Inuyasha had left Miroku couldn't help but stare at Sango. Was she actually jealous when he flirted with other women and asked them to bear his child, or was it rather that she was merely disgusted with him?



Sango feeling his eyes on her turned and gave him a dirty look. "Why are you staring at me?" She asked dangerously.

Miroku placed his hands up defensively. "No reason, I was just deep in thought." He said quickly.

Sango thought he seemed to nervous. "He was probably just waiting for an opportunity to grope me, stupid monk." Sango shock her head and fallowed Kagome. Miroku sighed and fallowed after Sango to find Inuyasha sitting off by himself in deep thought and Kagome rutting through her bag to find Shippo's prize, or at lest he assumed so. Shippo sat excitedly at Kagome's left side, strange idea's of what it could be running through his mind. Miroku shook his head slightly at the excited kitsune, and found a place near the entrance of the hut should he need a hasty exit. He sat, staff resting across his chest while his head rested against his chest like he were asleep or deep in thought, trying to banish all thoughts from his mind. It worked but every so often some ones thought seemed to find its way in to his conscious.

Kagome Smiled when she came across the items, first she handed him a 64 box of crayons. Shippo turned the box at all angles looking at it with one of the most perplexed faces she has ever seen on the young kitsune. She couldn't help but giggle at him. "What is this Kagome?" The fox boy asked as he tried to figure it out for himself.

Kagome opened the box to reveal a few rows of colored sticks, Shippo's eyes went wide at all the colors. "These are crayons, Shippo, you can color or draw with them." Kagome took out a coloring book and opened it to a page with a small kitten that strangely resembled Kirara in away, and began showing him how it works. "See?" She asked.

Shippo nodded, eyes still wide as he watched the color stick leave behind that same color wherever she rubbed the stick. He took the book and crayons from her one she offered them. "Wow, Kagome, Thanks." He squealed as he took off to his own little corner of the hut to give it a try.

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Sango & Kagome's POV

Sango took Shippo's place, she was quite for a moment casting a glance to both Miroku and Inuyasha. They were both so deep in thought that Sango figured Inuyasha wouldn't notice a youkai attack, and Miroku wouldn't notice if she pranced around stark naked! Sango turned to look at Miroku when he coughed slightly, she blushed, for some reason she couldn't shake the feeling that he had somehow read her thoughts. She banished the blush from her cheeks as she turned to her friend. "Kagome?" Sango whispered, Kagome nodded her head so that she would not that she had her attention. "Haven't you noticed how strange those two have been acting? Normally Inuyasha would be demanding ramen about now and Miroku would be sitting a little closer not five feet away."

Kagome pondered on it for a while. "Maybe they aren't feeling well." She suggested, but Kagome just thought that maybe he was angry with her for some reason, but then even if he was he would still ask for ramen. Was he afraid that she would be mad at him?

Sango shook her head softly. "No I think its something else." She whispered back. "You see after you left, Shippo said that de didn't feel well, the whole time he was nervously looking from Inuyasha to Miroku and then to me, and then asked if I would take him to Keade's." Sango smiled slightly shaking her head. "As I thought there wasn't a thing wrong with him, so then he insisted it must be because he was hungry. Well I waited till Keade left to question him about Inuyasha, he refused to say anything about where Inuyasha had left to saying that he had promised. So then I asked about Miroku…" Sango paused a moment, cheeks flushed in what could be anger or embarrassment. "Shippo said that he had gone with a pretty young woman, to go and exorcise her hut (A/N: I know Shippo did not say that, Sango just heard what she wanted to hear), but now I am not so sure." Sango paused again waiting for her friend to processes the information she had just given her before she continued.

Kagome stared at the floor going over the information Sango had just given her, Kagome looked her in the eyes with new found understanding. "Oh I got it, if it were as simple as looking for a lead on a shard then why wouldn't Shippo be able to say anything." Kagome clenched her fist. "Why that jerk, he planned this from the beginning. No wonder he didn't try and make me stay this time, he thought…" Sango placed a hand on Kagome's fist, halting her tirade, Kagome blushed. Unclenching her fist, Kagome took a deep breath, Inuyasha would pay for thinking she couldn't handle herself.

"Kagome calm down." Sango spoke slowly. "I don't think they wanted us to come because they were not sure if they themselves could handle the youkai. I think they were worried for our safety." She told her, hoping that thought would serve to calm her friend, it seemed to work a little. But if we work tighter there's nothing we can't handle, Kagome thought, besides Inuyasha could handle anything and I trust him with my life. She blushed slightly at the thought and hopped Sango didn't notice. "But I truly believe they didn't find anything, from what I can tell they didn't seem to have ever been in a battle, there were no visible injuries and there clothing seems to be intact." Sango commented as she let her eyes slide over the two and then back to Kagome. "What do you think we should do about it?" She asked curiously.

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A/N: I'm sorry it took a while to update, but I had lots of homework to do and didn't have time…. Hmm I wonder what they're gonna do, seriously I don't know! If any of you have any ideas write them down in your reviews… arigato! Oh and do you all think I should give Kikyo a big part in this fic or should they just come across her like they do in a lot of the episodes? I want to put all of the cast of Inuyasha in this one fic, and I know how I want all their roles to go, the only one I am unsure if is her…

Thanks for all the reviews, I won't say if he is dead or not… I know it seems as if he was beaten rather easily so a lot of you are skeptical towards his death, but it plays a big part in the plot of this fic so I won't say, but if you really want to know and are sure that it won't ruin the story for you then say so and I'll email the answer to you… I won't write it down on here because I don't want to ruin it for anyone else. I hope you all likes it a lot, Ja Ne for now!