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Chapter7: Finally A Jewel Shard!
Kagome woke up to the light of morning. She was confused, to say the least. Why hadn't she instead been awoken by Sango yelling at Miroku for being a hentai? Had she slept through it? Kagome wondered to herself, she has gotten use to their antics. She placed the thoughts from her head as she was tackled by a small ball of fur. "Oh, Kagome your finally awake!" Shippo cheered, as he hugged her tighter.
Kagome hugged him back. "Shippo, I'm glad to see you too." Kagome then let go of him, her gaze traveling around the campsite. Sango sat on a log petting Kirara; Miroku was on the opposite side of the campsite making breakfast. Every so often, Kagome noticed, his eyes would travel to her and then he would smile slightly. She had to force her self from giggling in delight; he truly does care for her. Kagome then sighed. *If only I could get a certain Hanyou to care about me, like Miroku cares for Sango* She shook her head. *Inuyasha still only cares for Kikyou, oh well as long as he is happy, then I am happy.* Kagome had to force the tears that threatened to spill forth to stay put.
Miroku glanced up at Kagome in mild shock, but cover it up quickly. *She can see my feelings for Sango.* He thought curiously. *Stupid Inuyasha, look what he's doing to her. She truly does love him* The monk shook his head slightly, there has to be away to get the two together, but how? He would figure something out; right now he needed to concentrate on the food he was cooking. He wouldn't want it to burn; last time that happened Inuyasha had nearly killed him with all his complaints. "Lady Kagome, could you please tell Inuyasha that breakfast is almost ready?" Miroku asked, his eyes firmly placed on the vegetables he was cutting up.
Kagome stood from her place next to Shippo, who was drawing with his crayons, and started down a path. Then stopped, turning back toward Miroku. "Um, Miroku where is Inuyasha?" She asked.
Miroku smiled. "In the same direction you were going, he's down by the stream... thinking." He told her and then went back to his cooking.
Kagome nodded and walked back down the path she had already started on. How strange was it that she knew exactly where he'd be, Kagome thought as she walked on. She didn't know what it was, but she could just sense him this way. Kagome shook the thoughts from her head and just continued to walk to where he was. What was he thinking about?
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Inuyasha stared into the deep blue water of the lake. It was like a river, but much calmer. It made him calm just watching it. What would he do about Shippo? Arg! Why was it bothering him so much? He wondered fiercely. *It's not as if I care* He reasoned.
*But you do care, you like the little kitsune brat.* The voice in his head told him.
*Who the hell are you?* Inuyasha asked curiously. No response. *Fine then don't answer, and I don't care what happens to Shippo!* He told him self firmly.
*But you do care, that's why you are here trying to think of away to show Shippo you don't hate him with out looking soft." The voice reasoned.
*Stop talking to me if your not gonna tell me who your are!* Inuyasha yelled. *I DO NOT care what happens to that little brat, so stop saying I do.* He told the voice, Inuyasha waited a moment for the voice to say something else. It never did.
Kagome walked into the clearing finding Inuyasha deep in thought; she then sat down next to him. He didn't even move. *He must be thinking about something important is he didn't even notice me sit next him.* Kagome then rested her hand on his arm, he tensed slightly his eyes finding hers. They sat there like that for a moment before she looked away, a slight blush finding its way across her cheeks. "Inuyasha, Miroku wanted me to tell you breakfast is almost ready." She informed. *Why am I blushing! Arg! Kagome he looks at you with those beautiful golden eyes of his and you melt, just like that*
Kagome looked up to find Inuyasha now blushing. Why is he blushing? She wondered curiously. "Lets go, the faster we eat the faster we'll get to the shard." Inuyasha then stood and hurried back to the campsite.
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After they had eaten and cleaned up camp they headed out to the rumored jewel shard. Inuyasha was ahead of the group eager to finally have found a shard. While the rest of the group was lagging behind. They have been walking ten hours straight with out rest, because Inuyasha would have no other way! *If he doesn't consider stopping soon, I think I'll sit him so hard he won't be able to move for a week!* Kagome growled in her mind as she glared at Inuyasha from Kirara's back.
Inuyasha shivered at her thought. "Sango how long till we reach the village close to were Keade told us the jewel would be found at?" Inuyasha asked, if they were close he would stop for the night. Even if they weren't close he would stop for the night; he did not want to be sat!
Sango thought for a moment. "I think were about a day or so away, why Inuyasha?" Sango asked.
"Because were stopping here for the night." Inuyasha then found a suitable tree for him to sleep in, and jumped in it leaving the others to set up camp.
Sango and Miroku sat at lest five feet from the other, their bowls of ramen in one-hand chopsticks in the other, they ate silently. Kagome ate a bowl of oden her favorite; Inuyasha sat in the tree to eat while Shippo ignored his food all together while he drew with his crayons.
Inuyasha watched the kitsune curiously, what could be better then eating ramen? He thought to himself. He watched as Shippo scribbled out the picture he was drawing only to pull out a fresh piece of paper and start all over again. What was he trying to draw? Inuyasha wondered as his eyes gazed over the papers he cast aside.
The Kitsune sighed. *Why can't I draw Kagome right?" He wondered sadly, again he picked up the black crayon to draw her outline, and again it came out wrong. Why couldn't he do this right? Shippo question. He sighed as he studied his drawing.
Inuyasha watched the kitsune as he struggled with his drawing. *So that is suppose to be Kagome.* He studied the image a bit longer. *It's not so bad, it's just missing something.* Jumping from the tree to land next to a very startled Kistune, Inuyasha then began to look at the drawing and then Kagome.
"Inuyasha." Growled Shippo angrily. "You scared me... Hey what are you doing?" He questioned as he now noticed Inuyasha studying his picture, and then Kagome. How could he tell what it was, it didn't even look anything like Kagome? Maybe it does and he just didn't notice it, that thought made Shippo feel a bit better.
Inuyasha then bent down to the little Kitsune's ear so that only he could here, Inuyasha didn't want anyone thinking he was being nice to the kitsune. He was only doing this so that the little brats thoughts wouldn't eat away at him anymore. For some reason unknown to him he didn't want the brat to think he hated him, maybe it had something to do with Kagome sitting him if she ever found out. That had to be it, he reasoned.
"If you make her eyes a little more curved right here-" Inuyasha pointed toward the upper corners and lower corners of her eyes. "And here, and then add a line here..." He pointed at Kagome's right side, and showed how long the line should be. "To show that she's turned slightly, and you might want to shade a bit here and here." Inuyasha informed as he pointed to the pleats in her skirt, and other part of her that the light didn't hit. "Now make her arms slightly smaller, and her waist a little bigger... she's not that small." He commented with a laugh. "And then add a few more pieces of hair to her bangs..."Inuyasha pointed with his claws to show where. "Oh and don't forget to draw the hair behind her ears, and make it a bit wavy." He continued on with his instructions, not being so quite any longer. Shippo was nodded to every thing he said, and Inuyasha would pause a moment to what and make sure he drew every line perfectly. Shippo's eyes were wide during Inuyasha's instructions, as were everyone else's. They had long given up on their dinner to here what Inuyasha was saying to Shippo.
"After you add those few lines and color in that space there, you should be done." Inuyasha informed him proudly. Shippo was a good student, he didn't think trying to explain this to the little kitsune brat was going to be this easy. After he was done Shippo held the picture up so he and Inuyasha could see it clearly. It was pretty good, Inuyasha had to admit, it looked exactly like her. "That's pretty good Shippo, it looks exactly like Kagome." He complimented.
Shippo looked up at him with wide eyes. *Why is Inuyasha being so nice to me?* Wondered the kitsune. *Maybe he doesn't hate me.* he paused a moment, looking into the golden eyes of the hanyou that he wanted as a father. *I still think I should wait before asking him to be my dad, though.* He then shook as head agreeing with his thought. "Um t-thank you Inuyasha." Both Inuyasha and Shippo jumped out of their skin when they heard, everyone else Awe at them.
Inuyasha stood, now clearly embarrassed. "Feh, whatever." And then jumped back into the tree. Shippo glared at everyone for a moment, it was their fault Inuyasha changed and went up into the tree again.
Throwing that thought from his mind he picked his picture of Kagome back up and rushed over to her. "Kagome!" He cried. "Look at what I drew." He then handed her the piece of paper once he got comfortable in her lap.
Kagome looked it over eyes going wide. This was good! "Shippo I am impressed, this looks exactly like me." She then lifted the paper up so that Sango and Miroku could see it as well. "Look, guys, at what Shippo drew. Isn't it great?" She asked.
Both of their companions mouths dropped, this was exceptionally good for a six year old (that's how old Shippo is in here -k- I don't know how old he is in the anime so...) Sango was the first to speak. "Shippo this is very good, you should be very proud." The little kitsune beamed at the complement.
Miroku nodded in agreement. "Yes Shippo, this is exceptional work. Where did you learn to draw so well?" He asked, he knew perfectly well that it was Inuyasha... what else could he have been doing over there? He wondered at that a bit longer before coming to the conclusion his first guess was right.
Shippo blushed and then looked up into the tree his fa- Inuyasha sat in. The hanyou wasn't even paying attention to him; he was lost in thought. It was safe to tell them the truth, Inuyasha couldn't be mad if he didn't hear; besides he never said he couldn't tell. "Inuyasha taught me, or at lest showed me how to draw this picture." He omitted. So then it hadn't been their imaginations, they had hear Inuyasha telling Shippo he did a good job, they had hear Inuyasha giving him instructions.
Kagome then looked back at the tree that housed Inuyasha for the moment. *Is he feeling alright.* She then smiled. *I like it when Inuyasha shows his soft side, he should do it more often, I like him this way.* She then let her gaze drop to a little Kitsune who a grin so large it nearly split his face. *He looks so cute like that, Inuyasha that was a nice thing that you did for Shippo, thank you.* She told the hanyou in her mind, even though she knew he would never hear it.
Inuyasha smiled slightly as he gazed at the stars, it felt nice to do that for Shippo. Even though he didn't want to admit it, he was happy that he did this and besides Kagome it happy with him now. Inuyasha then let his eyes wander over to the sleeping forms of Shippo and Kagome, he would watch over them all night. With that decided Inuyasha never took his eyes from them all night.
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(a/n: All righty then, I am going to skip this next section up a day or two or hover much time it took them to get from that campsite to where they needed to be... I think I've written enough fluff between the characters for the time being. Time to get on with the action)
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Inuyasha as usual was at the head of the group; they were almost there. A few more seconds and they would be in the village and they could ask questions and get answers. Finally they would be getting a jewel shard after so long. Inuyasha couldn't even begin to describe how happy he was.
The others how ever did not share his excitement; they were tired and hungry and wanted to stop! Although there was no reason for it now, but it would have been nice about six hours ago. Kagome sighed; there was nothing to do about it they would be at the village anytime now. She leaned over closer to Sango. "Hey Sango, you think you could get a little closer to Inuyasha?" She asked and Sango nodded. Soon Kirara was running side by side with the hanyou. "Hey, Inuyasha when we get to the village promise me you'll let Sango or Miroku question the villagers, remember what happened last time." With a growl of annoyance Inuyasha agreed, and Kagome smiled. Last time Inuyasha had scared the villagers so bad that it was near impossible to get anything out of them. "Thank you." She whispered, but Inuyasha had heard.
"Feh, whatever." Came his reply.
It didn't take them long to get to the village, but when they got there... Kagome closed her eyes and looked away. She should be use to this by now, but she just could look at the dead bodies of women and children scattered everywhere along with the men who no doubtly tried to protect them. What did this village do to deserve this, absolutely nothing! *Why is it that the search for these stupid jewels leave so much death in it's wake, so much heart ache?* Kagome wondered sadly. *What did this village do to deserve this.* A tear slipped down her cheek, she froze when it was stopped mid fall by a clawed hand. Kagome then found herself looking into the golden eyes of Inuyasha.
"Do you want to leave?" He asked softly, his eyes shown with concern.
Kagome shook her head slightly. "No, I'm fine Inuyasha really." She told him, but he didn't seem to buy it. "We should hurry up and bury these villagers, they deserve a proper burial at lest." Miroku and Sango nodded getting to work on making graves.
Inuyasha wanted more then anything to embrace her, to hug her close and tell her everything was okay. To his annoyance, though, he found his feet planted firm into the ground on which he stood on. *She looks so sad.* Inuyasha felt that his heart would break at her depressed expression. He shook his head and went to join Miroku and Sango in digging graves.
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Shippo had wondered off to find where Kagome had wondered off too. *She looked really sad* The kitsune thought sadly as he continued to fallow he scent. His eyes opened wide in shock at what he saw before him. Kagome stood bow in hand arrow drawn back, the arrow pointed at a very ugly looking youkai.
"Kagome!" Shippo shouted, his voice wavering a bit in fear.
Kagome shifted her eyes slightly to see Shippo standing there. "Shippo, run and find Inuyasha, tell him I found the jewel shards." The youkai before her held two in his stomach. Shippo ran off, and so did the youkai. "Oh no you don't!" Kagome warned, she released the arrow managing to hit it the shoulder. The youkai had screamed out in pain, she had meant to hit him in the heart. She sighed, oh well.
The youkai turned his eyes on her, his eyes burned with cold hatred and anger. "You will regret that wench." It hissed as it went for her, sword pointed before him. Kagome managed to dodge it, then she sighed in relief. He was fast and Kagome didn't know if she would be able to dodge his next attack.
Quickly Kagome drew out another arrow and notched it aiming for the youkai before her. The thing smirked evilly at the raven hared girl and ran toward her; sword aimed for her middle. Kagome released her arrow, and to her horror, the youkai managed to deflect it. He had deflected her arrow! Kagome gulped, she was in trouble now. Kagome watched frozen in fear as the thing came closer and closer to her. *Inuyasha!* She yelled in her mind, as she closed her eyes and waited for impact.
Nothing.
Slowly Kagome opened her eyes to find red and silver in her line of vision, looking up a little higher she noticed it was Inuyasha. She sighed in relief, she had thought that she was going to die! Inuyasha turned his head to look at her, while forcing the youkai back with Tetsuiaga. "Kagome run! Get out of here!" He yelled to her. Kagome nodded dumbly and got a safe distance away.
"Lady Kagome are you alright?" Miroku asked as he neared the scene. Kagome only nodded as she watched the fight between Inuyasha and the youkai.
Inuyasha forced the youkai back with Tetsuiaga causing it to stumble backwards a bit, but it regained it balance quickly and came back at Inuyasha ten times harder. Inuyasha held his sword before him like a shield as the youkai swiped its sword at him. Kagome was glad none of the hits made it past.
The youkai seemed to notice this too and decided to change his strategy by distracting Inuyasha with his sword, while he was distracted it pulled out a dagger and threw it toward him, hitting him in his left shoulder. Inuyasha winced in pain, and winced more when he pulled the dagger free.
Seeing this Kagome ran forward. "Inuyasha!!!" She yelled.
"Stay back Kagome." Inuyasha warned.
Kagome complied. "Inuyasha it's got two shards in its stomach, if you can it him there you'll win." She told him.
"You couldn't have told me this sooner." He growled over his shoulder, his eyes never leaving his opponent. "So you got two shard of the Shikon jewel eh?" Inuyasha then ran forward preparing for the kaze no kizu. "Prepare to lose those two jewels." He called as he went to bring Tetsuiaga down; his vision then went black.
Kagome watched in horror as the thing ran with godlike speed, to up behind Inuyasha knocking him unconscious. "Inuyasha!!!" Kagome yelled, she tried to run to him only to find a hand firmly encircled around her wrist. "Miroku let me go!" She yelled at him trying wrest her wrist free; her eyes then traveled back to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha!!!" She called to him. "Get up!!!"
The youkai stood over Inuyasha sword pointed downward, over his heart. "After I kill you hanyou, I'll claim that wenches shards." He declared as he brought his sword down.
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A/N: Muwahahahahaha I left it at a cliffy! Aren't I evil! Well don't worry, I'll update soon, you don't have to sit and wait so long. Sorry it took so long to write this chapter for you guys, but that's part of the reason why I made this one so long! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter ^-^
As I said before I'm gonna involve every character of Inuyasha in this fic.... It's just that in the next few chapters I was curious as to whom I should bring in first... Kouga or Kikyou? I already plan on brining Sesshoumaru towards the end of this fic; it kinda works with my plan
s. See with the other two, well, I was just curious as to whom I should write in first is all, so it's up to you all to vote... I won't let you know who wins either, its gonna be a surprise ^_^
Ja Ne
~ Zonza
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Purple Uranium: Thank you ^.^ I'm glad you likes it...
Ace Fyre: Yeah I know, that damn Naraku does everything . heheheh.... I'm glad you like it... Ok, ok I know up there I said I wasn't gonna say who I was gonna write about in the next few chapters... But it'll most likely be Koga... I feel like writting comedy
MingLay: Um Yeah I plan on having them hear Sesshoumaru's thoughts towards the end, I just meant in the next few chapters is all... Yep they can hear thoughts of other youkai like kirara... the only difference between youkai and humans are that if a youkai feels then in their head they can block 'em out, but only if they know how too ^_^ Ja Ne!
Chapter7: Finally A Jewel Shard!
Kagome woke up to the light of morning. She was confused, to say the least. Why hadn't she instead been awoken by Sango yelling at Miroku for being a hentai? Had she slept through it? Kagome wondered to herself, she has gotten use to their antics. She placed the thoughts from her head as she was tackled by a small ball of fur. "Oh, Kagome your finally awake!" Shippo cheered, as he hugged her tighter.
Kagome hugged him back. "Shippo, I'm glad to see you too." Kagome then let go of him, her gaze traveling around the campsite. Sango sat on a log petting Kirara; Miroku was on the opposite side of the campsite making breakfast. Every so often, Kagome noticed, his eyes would travel to her and then he would smile slightly. She had to force her self from giggling in delight; he truly does care for her. Kagome then sighed. *If only I could get a certain Hanyou to care about me, like Miroku cares for Sango* She shook her head. *Inuyasha still only cares for Kikyou, oh well as long as he is happy, then I am happy.* Kagome had to force the tears that threatened to spill forth to stay put.
Miroku glanced up at Kagome in mild shock, but cover it up quickly. *She can see my feelings for Sango.* He thought curiously. *Stupid Inuyasha, look what he's doing to her. She truly does love him* The monk shook his head slightly, there has to be away to get the two together, but how? He would figure something out; right now he needed to concentrate on the food he was cooking. He wouldn't want it to burn; last time that happened Inuyasha had nearly killed him with all his complaints. "Lady Kagome, could you please tell Inuyasha that breakfast is almost ready?" Miroku asked, his eyes firmly placed on the vegetables he was cutting up.
Kagome stood from her place next to Shippo, who was drawing with his crayons, and started down a path. Then stopped, turning back toward Miroku. "Um, Miroku where is Inuyasha?" She asked.
Miroku smiled. "In the same direction you were going, he's down by the stream... thinking." He told her and then went back to his cooking.
Kagome nodded and walked back down the path she had already started on. How strange was it that she knew exactly where he'd be, Kagome thought as she walked on. She didn't know what it was, but she could just sense him this way. Kagome shook the thoughts from her head and just continued to walk to where he was. What was he thinking about?
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Inuyasha stared into the deep blue water of the lake. It was like a river, but much calmer. It made him calm just watching it. What would he do about Shippo? Arg! Why was it bothering him so much? He wondered fiercely. *It's not as if I care* He reasoned.
*But you do care, you like the little kitsune brat.* The voice in his head told him.
*Who the hell are you?* Inuyasha asked curiously. No response. *Fine then don't answer, and I don't care what happens to Shippo!* He told him self firmly.
*But you do care, that's why you are here trying to think of away to show Shippo you don't hate him with out looking soft." The voice reasoned.
*Stop talking to me if your not gonna tell me who your are!* Inuyasha yelled. *I DO NOT care what happens to that little brat, so stop saying I do.* He told the voice, Inuyasha waited a moment for the voice to say something else. It never did.
Kagome walked into the clearing finding Inuyasha deep in thought; she then sat down next to him. He didn't even move. *He must be thinking about something important is he didn't even notice me sit next him.* Kagome then rested her hand on his arm, he tensed slightly his eyes finding hers. They sat there like that for a moment before she looked away, a slight blush finding its way across her cheeks. "Inuyasha, Miroku wanted me to tell you breakfast is almost ready." She informed. *Why am I blushing! Arg! Kagome he looks at you with those beautiful golden eyes of his and you melt, just like that*
Kagome looked up to find Inuyasha now blushing. Why is he blushing? She wondered curiously. "Lets go, the faster we eat the faster we'll get to the shard." Inuyasha then stood and hurried back to the campsite.
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After they had eaten and cleaned up camp they headed out to the rumored jewel shard. Inuyasha was ahead of the group eager to finally have found a shard. While the rest of the group was lagging behind. They have been walking ten hours straight with out rest, because Inuyasha would have no other way! *If he doesn't consider stopping soon, I think I'll sit him so hard he won't be able to move for a week!* Kagome growled in her mind as she glared at Inuyasha from Kirara's back.
Inuyasha shivered at her thought. "Sango how long till we reach the village close to were Keade told us the jewel would be found at?" Inuyasha asked, if they were close he would stop for the night. Even if they weren't close he would stop for the night; he did not want to be sat!
Sango thought for a moment. "I think were about a day or so away, why Inuyasha?" Sango asked.
"Because were stopping here for the night." Inuyasha then found a suitable tree for him to sleep in, and jumped in it leaving the others to set up camp.
Sango and Miroku sat at lest five feet from the other, their bowls of ramen in one-hand chopsticks in the other, they ate silently. Kagome ate a bowl of oden her favorite; Inuyasha sat in the tree to eat while Shippo ignored his food all together while he drew with his crayons.
Inuyasha watched the kitsune curiously, what could be better then eating ramen? He thought to himself. He watched as Shippo scribbled out the picture he was drawing only to pull out a fresh piece of paper and start all over again. What was he trying to draw? Inuyasha wondered as his eyes gazed over the papers he cast aside.
The Kitsune sighed. *Why can't I draw Kagome right?" He wondered sadly, again he picked up the black crayon to draw her outline, and again it came out wrong. Why couldn't he do this right? Shippo question. He sighed as he studied his drawing.
Inuyasha watched the kitsune as he struggled with his drawing. *So that is suppose to be Kagome.* He studied the image a bit longer. *It's not so bad, it's just missing something.* Jumping from the tree to land next to a very startled Kistune, Inuyasha then began to look at the drawing and then Kagome.
"Inuyasha." Growled Shippo angrily. "You scared me... Hey what are you doing?" He questioned as he now noticed Inuyasha studying his picture, and then Kagome. How could he tell what it was, it didn't even look anything like Kagome? Maybe it does and he just didn't notice it, that thought made Shippo feel a bit better.
Inuyasha then bent down to the little Kitsune's ear so that only he could here, Inuyasha didn't want anyone thinking he was being nice to the kitsune. He was only doing this so that the little brats thoughts wouldn't eat away at him anymore. For some reason unknown to him he didn't want the brat to think he hated him, maybe it had something to do with Kagome sitting him if she ever found out. That had to be it, he reasoned.
"If you make her eyes a little more curved right here-" Inuyasha pointed toward the upper corners and lower corners of her eyes. "And here, and then add a line here..." He pointed at Kagome's right side, and showed how long the line should be. "To show that she's turned slightly, and you might want to shade a bit here and here." Inuyasha informed as he pointed to the pleats in her skirt, and other part of her that the light didn't hit. "Now make her arms slightly smaller, and her waist a little bigger... she's not that small." He commented with a laugh. "And then add a few more pieces of hair to her bangs..."Inuyasha pointed with his claws to show where. "Oh and don't forget to draw the hair behind her ears, and make it a bit wavy." He continued on with his instructions, not being so quite any longer. Shippo was nodded to every thing he said, and Inuyasha would pause a moment to what and make sure he drew every line perfectly. Shippo's eyes were wide during Inuyasha's instructions, as were everyone else's. They had long given up on their dinner to here what Inuyasha was saying to Shippo.
"After you add those few lines and color in that space there, you should be done." Inuyasha informed him proudly. Shippo was a good student, he didn't think trying to explain this to the little kitsune brat was going to be this easy. After he was done Shippo held the picture up so he and Inuyasha could see it clearly. It was pretty good, Inuyasha had to admit, it looked exactly like her. "That's pretty good Shippo, it looks exactly like Kagome." He complimented.
Shippo looked up at him with wide eyes. *Why is Inuyasha being so nice to me?* Wondered the kitsune. *Maybe he doesn't hate me.* he paused a moment, looking into the golden eyes of the hanyou that he wanted as a father. *I still think I should wait before asking him to be my dad, though.* He then shook as head agreeing with his thought. "Um t-thank you Inuyasha." Both Inuyasha and Shippo jumped out of their skin when they heard, everyone else Awe at them.
Inuyasha stood, now clearly embarrassed. "Feh, whatever." And then jumped back into the tree. Shippo glared at everyone for a moment, it was their fault Inuyasha changed and went up into the tree again.
Throwing that thought from his mind he picked his picture of Kagome back up and rushed over to her. "Kagome!" He cried. "Look at what I drew." He then handed her the piece of paper once he got comfortable in her lap.
Kagome looked it over eyes going wide. This was good! "Shippo I am impressed, this looks exactly like me." She then lifted the paper up so that Sango and Miroku could see it as well. "Look, guys, at what Shippo drew. Isn't it great?" She asked.
Both of their companions mouths dropped, this was exceptionally good for a six year old (that's how old Shippo is in here -k- I don't know how old he is in the anime so...) Sango was the first to speak. "Shippo this is very good, you should be very proud." The little kitsune beamed at the complement.
Miroku nodded in agreement. "Yes Shippo, this is exceptional work. Where did you learn to draw so well?" He asked, he knew perfectly well that it was Inuyasha... what else could he have been doing over there? He wondered at that a bit longer before coming to the conclusion his first guess was right.
Shippo blushed and then looked up into the tree his fa- Inuyasha sat in. The hanyou wasn't even paying attention to him; he was lost in thought. It was safe to tell them the truth, Inuyasha couldn't be mad if he didn't hear; besides he never said he couldn't tell. "Inuyasha taught me, or at lest showed me how to draw this picture." He omitted. So then it hadn't been their imaginations, they had hear Inuyasha telling Shippo he did a good job, they had hear Inuyasha giving him instructions.
Kagome then looked back at the tree that housed Inuyasha for the moment. *Is he feeling alright.* She then smiled. *I like it when Inuyasha shows his soft side, he should do it more often, I like him this way.* She then let her gaze drop to a little Kitsune who a grin so large it nearly split his face. *He looks so cute like that, Inuyasha that was a nice thing that you did for Shippo, thank you.* She told the hanyou in her mind, even though she knew he would never hear it.
Inuyasha smiled slightly as he gazed at the stars, it felt nice to do that for Shippo. Even though he didn't want to admit it, he was happy that he did this and besides Kagome it happy with him now. Inuyasha then let his eyes wander over to the sleeping forms of Shippo and Kagome, he would watch over them all night. With that decided Inuyasha never took his eyes from them all night.
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(a/n: All righty then, I am going to skip this next section up a day or two or hover much time it took them to get from that campsite to where they needed to be... I think I've written enough fluff between the characters for the time being. Time to get on with the action)
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Inuyasha as usual was at the head of the group; they were almost there. A few more seconds and they would be in the village and they could ask questions and get answers. Finally they would be getting a jewel shard after so long. Inuyasha couldn't even begin to describe how happy he was.
The others how ever did not share his excitement; they were tired and hungry and wanted to stop! Although there was no reason for it now, but it would have been nice about six hours ago. Kagome sighed; there was nothing to do about it they would be at the village anytime now. She leaned over closer to Sango. "Hey Sango, you think you could get a little closer to Inuyasha?" She asked and Sango nodded. Soon Kirara was running side by side with the hanyou. "Hey, Inuyasha when we get to the village promise me you'll let Sango or Miroku question the villagers, remember what happened last time." With a growl of annoyance Inuyasha agreed, and Kagome smiled. Last time Inuyasha had scared the villagers so bad that it was near impossible to get anything out of them. "Thank you." She whispered, but Inuyasha had heard.
"Feh, whatever." Came his reply.
It didn't take them long to get to the village, but when they got there... Kagome closed her eyes and looked away. She should be use to this by now, but she just could look at the dead bodies of women and children scattered everywhere along with the men who no doubtly tried to protect them. What did this village do to deserve this, absolutely nothing! *Why is it that the search for these stupid jewels leave so much death in it's wake, so much heart ache?* Kagome wondered sadly. *What did this village do to deserve this.* A tear slipped down her cheek, she froze when it was stopped mid fall by a clawed hand. Kagome then found herself looking into the golden eyes of Inuyasha.
"Do you want to leave?" He asked softly, his eyes shown with concern.
Kagome shook her head slightly. "No, I'm fine Inuyasha really." She told him, but he didn't seem to buy it. "We should hurry up and bury these villagers, they deserve a proper burial at lest." Miroku and Sango nodded getting to work on making graves.
Inuyasha wanted more then anything to embrace her, to hug her close and tell her everything was okay. To his annoyance, though, he found his feet planted firm into the ground on which he stood on. *She looks so sad.* Inuyasha felt that his heart would break at her depressed expression. He shook his head and went to join Miroku and Sango in digging graves.
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Shippo had wondered off to find where Kagome had wondered off too. *She looked really sad* The kitsune thought sadly as he continued to fallow he scent. His eyes opened wide in shock at what he saw before him. Kagome stood bow in hand arrow drawn back, the arrow pointed at a very ugly looking youkai.
"Kagome!" Shippo shouted, his voice wavering a bit in fear.
Kagome shifted her eyes slightly to see Shippo standing there. "Shippo, run and find Inuyasha, tell him I found the jewel shards." The youkai before her held two in his stomach. Shippo ran off, and so did the youkai. "Oh no you don't!" Kagome warned, she released the arrow managing to hit it the shoulder. The youkai had screamed out in pain, she had meant to hit him in the heart. She sighed, oh well.
The youkai turned his eyes on her, his eyes burned with cold hatred and anger. "You will regret that wench." It hissed as it went for her, sword pointed before him. Kagome managed to dodge it, then she sighed in relief. He was fast and Kagome didn't know if she would be able to dodge his next attack.
Quickly Kagome drew out another arrow and notched it aiming for the youkai before her. The thing smirked evilly at the raven hared girl and ran toward her; sword aimed for her middle. Kagome released her arrow, and to her horror, the youkai managed to deflect it. He had deflected her arrow! Kagome gulped, she was in trouble now. Kagome watched frozen in fear as the thing came closer and closer to her. *Inuyasha!* She yelled in her mind, as she closed her eyes and waited for impact.
Nothing.
Slowly Kagome opened her eyes to find red and silver in her line of vision, looking up a little higher she noticed it was Inuyasha. She sighed in relief, she had thought that she was going to die! Inuyasha turned his head to look at her, while forcing the youkai back with Tetsuiaga. "Kagome run! Get out of here!" He yelled to her. Kagome nodded dumbly and got a safe distance away.
"Lady Kagome are you alright?" Miroku asked as he neared the scene. Kagome only nodded as she watched the fight between Inuyasha and the youkai.
Inuyasha forced the youkai back with Tetsuiaga causing it to stumble backwards a bit, but it regained it balance quickly and came back at Inuyasha ten times harder. Inuyasha held his sword before him like a shield as the youkai swiped its sword at him. Kagome was glad none of the hits made it past.
The youkai seemed to notice this too and decided to change his strategy by distracting Inuyasha with his sword, while he was distracted it pulled out a dagger and threw it toward him, hitting him in his left shoulder. Inuyasha winced in pain, and winced more when he pulled the dagger free.
Seeing this Kagome ran forward. "Inuyasha!!!" She yelled.
"Stay back Kagome." Inuyasha warned.
Kagome complied. "Inuyasha it's got two shards in its stomach, if you can it him there you'll win." She told him.
"You couldn't have told me this sooner." He growled over his shoulder, his eyes never leaving his opponent. "So you got two shard of the Shikon jewel eh?" Inuyasha then ran forward preparing for the kaze no kizu. "Prepare to lose those two jewels." He called as he went to bring Tetsuiaga down; his vision then went black.
Kagome watched in horror as the thing ran with godlike speed, to up behind Inuyasha knocking him unconscious. "Inuyasha!!!" Kagome yelled, she tried to run to him only to find a hand firmly encircled around her wrist. "Miroku let me go!" She yelled at him trying wrest her wrist free; her eyes then traveled back to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha!!!" She called to him. "Get up!!!"
The youkai stood over Inuyasha sword pointed downward, over his heart. "After I kill you hanyou, I'll claim that wenches shards." He declared as he brought his sword down.
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A/N: Muwahahahahaha I left it at a cliffy! Aren't I evil! Well don't worry, I'll update soon, you don't have to sit and wait so long. Sorry it took so long to write this chapter for you guys, but that's part of the reason why I made this one so long! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter ^-^
As I said before I'm gonna involve every character of Inuyasha in this fic.... It's just that in the next few chapters I was curious as to whom I should bring in first... Kouga or Kikyou? I already plan on brining Sesshoumaru towards the end of this fic; it kinda works with my plan
s. See with the other two, well, I was just curious as to whom I should write in first is all, so it's up to you all to vote... I won't let you know who wins either, its gonna be a surprise ^_^
Ja Ne
~ Zonza
Review Answers:
Purple Uranium: Thank you ^.^ I'm glad you likes it...
Ace Fyre: Yeah I know, that damn Naraku does everything . heheheh.... I'm glad you like it... Ok, ok I know up there I said I wasn't gonna say who I was gonna write about in the next few chapters... But it'll most likely be Koga... I feel like writting comedy
MingLay: Um Yeah I plan on having them hear Sesshoumaru's thoughts towards the end, I just meant in the next few chapters is all... Yep they can hear thoughts of other youkai like kirara... the only difference between youkai and humans are that if a youkai feels then in their head they can block 'em out, but only if they know how too ^_^ Ja Ne!
